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28 May

HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 AND BEYOND DISCUSSED FINANCIAL ISSUES

On May 28, 2020, a high-level meeting on financing for development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond was held in video format. The event was jointly organized by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The event was attended by delegations of UN member states. From the Turkmen side, the Minister of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan E.Annamuhammedov attended the meeting. The event was held in three segments....

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28 May

ONLINE MEETING OF THE EEAS AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CENTRAL ASIA

On May 28, 2020, a meeting was held in a video conference format, with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiev, the Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Ms. Helga Schmid and the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries. During the online negotiations, the participants discussed the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation between the EU and Central Asia. The parties discussed the implemen...

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28 May

AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE FINANCING OF THE SDGS WAS HELD AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN

On May 28, 2020, an international seminar in the format of video conferencing was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan entitled: “Financing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: the role of integrated national financing mechanisms”. The meeting was attended by delegates at the level of ministers of the countries participating in the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), which includes Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakh...

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28 May

A VIDEO MEETING WAS HELD WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CENTRAL ASIA - REPUBLIC OF KOREA COOPERATION FORUM

On May 28, 2020, a video meeting was held in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan with representatives of the secretariat of the Central Asia - Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum. The head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, the Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum and representatives of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) attended the online meeting. The goal of the negotiations was to implement a project called...

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27 May

OSCE PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS-BORDER TRADE AND TRANSIT POTENTIAL IN TURKMENISTAN

An online training on border crossing facilitation for transit goods carried by rail and road, opened in Ashgabat on 27 May 2020. The training is organized by OSCE Centre in Ashgabat within the framework of the Centre’s extra-budgetary project on “Strengthening State Border Service Capacities in Turkmenistan”, which places a particular focus on promoting cross-border trade and transit in the Central Asian region. The purpose of the online training was to introduce participants to security, pu...

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27 May

PRESIDENTS OF TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN DISCUSSED COOPERATION PRIORITIES BY PHONE

On May 27, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Warmly, fraternally welcoming each other, the heads of the two states expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to personally exchange views on the state and prospects of the Turkmen-Afghan dialogue, as well as discuss some aspects of international and regional politics of mutual interest. Presidents G...

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27 May

A MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS OF TURKMENISTAN WITH THE COMPANY "TOTAL"

On May 27, 2020, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, negotiations were held online between the official representatives of Turkmenistan and the French company Total. At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was represented by the Advisor to the President of Turkmenistan on oil and gas issues Y.Kakaev, heads of, the Turkmengaz State Concern and the Turkmennebit State Concern, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies, and from the French s...

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