Indicators of money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption and best practices for interagency co-operation were discussed at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded on 25 April 2018 in Ashgabat. The two-day event brought together some 35 officials representing the State Service of Turkmenistan on Countering Economic Crimes, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, financial institutions, law enforcement bodies and real estate and audit companies. International experts from Latvia and...

On 24th of April, 2018 in the morning the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan proceeded to the International Airport of Islam Karimov, from where the Turkmen leader flew to Urgench, the administrative center of the Khorezm region. At the airport of Urgench, decorated with the national flags of the two countries, the Turkmen leader was warmly received by the President of Uzbekistan. In Turkmen and Uzbek languages, verses were performed by the children. The Presidents of Turkmenistan and...

The exhibition "Margiana - the Kingdom of the Bronze Age on the Territory of Turkmenistan" opened in the New Museum on the famous Museum Island in the center of Berlin. The exhibits from the museum collections of our country for the first time are presented abroad. This became possible thanks to the support of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the adoption of the “Law on the Protection, import and export of movable values ​​of the national historical and cultural heritage”, which came into...

On April 23-24, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted the third meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral countries to discuss the draft Agreement on cooperation between the Caspian states in the field of transport in the Caspian Sea. Representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia and Kazakhstan took part in the meeting. During the meeting, a productive exchange of views and discussion of expert a...

On April 23, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a two-day state visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the international airport of Ashgabat, the head of state was seen off by the officials. Having completed the flight to Tashkent, the presidential airliner landed at the Islam Karimov International Airport decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. In honor of the arrival of a high Turkmen guest on both sides of the carpet path leading from the ai...

The first in Central Asia interagency consultative meeting was held in Ashgabat on the development of the Regional Program for the Protection of the Environment for Sustainable Development. The organizers of the event are ICSD IFAS, the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources with the support of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). The meeting was attended by representatives of ministries and departments, which formed the national working group on th...

The development of a road map on solar energy in Turkmenistan was the focus of an OSCE-supported discussion in Ashgabat on 17 April 2018 for officials from the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Institute of Solar Energy of the Academy of Science of Turkmenistan, the State Committee for Environment Protection and Land Resources, professors from the Mary Turkmen State Energy Institute and representatives of other relevant institutions and nature protection public organiz...