On the 18th of May 2019, a meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono who have arrived to Tajikistan to participate to the High-Level Conference “International and regional cooperation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime” was held. During the negotiations, the sides noted with satisfaction the positive dynamics of development of Turkmen-Japanese relatio...

On the 17th of May 2019, the first meeting of newly established Interdepartmental Working Group on the preparation of the Working Plan of Turkmenistan in the framework of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme for the period of 2020-2022, Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the period of 2020-2023 and Commission on Population and Development for the period of 2020-2024 was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  Turkmenistan has been elected to these structures on May 7,...

On May 16-17, 2019, the High-Level Conference “International and regional cooperation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime” was held in Dushanbe.  At the conference, Turkmenistan was represented by the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    The Conference was organized by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan jointly with the UN, OSCE and other reputable international organizations.  Delegati...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Taro Kono   First of all, I express great pleasure that I can set foot on land of Central Asia for the first time after taking the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Today I take part in the 7th Session of the Foreign Ministers in the framework of the dialog “Central Asia + Japan” in Dushanbe and looking forward to discussions with the issues of the future cooperation at this platform. Since the moment the Central Asian states obtained in...

On 8 May 2019, a briefing was held in the framework of the events dedicated to the foundation laying of the new, social-production complex in Serdar province of the Balkan region.  This event was organized with the aim of informing the larger community about the Turkmen Lake “Altyn Asyr,” including its significance in the sphere of environment protection and development of social-economic system of Turkmenistan and the region in general.    The high-level foreign guests, heads and representat...

On 7 May 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Industry, Energy and Subsoil Usage of the Kyrgyz Republic, Chairman of Intergovernmental Turkmen-Kyrgyz Commission from Kyrgyz side Jyrgalbek Sagynbayev.   During the meeting, the parties discussed various current issues, including the opportunities for widening trade-economic, investment and cultural-humanitarian c...

On 7 May 2019, Turkmen-Russian high-level negotiations were held in Ashgabat.  The delegation of the Russian Federation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Government, Head of State Administration K.A.Chuychenko arrived to the country to participate in the talks. In the first half of the day, the high guest was received by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.  During the meeting, the parties discussed current issues related to Turkmen-Russian relations in political, trade-economi...