On October 21, 2019, the second meeting of the joint Turkmen-Georgian commission on international road transport began in Tbilisi. The Deputy Minister of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan heads the Turkmen delegation; the Georgian side is headed by the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. The delegations shared information and statistics on trade turnover and volume of road transport between the two countries. A high growth rate in bilateral transport...

On October 18, 2019, the opening ceremony of the VII Summer Military World Games was held in the city of Wuhan of the People’s Republic of China, where the sports delegation of the Armed forces of Turkmenistan participated for the first time. Military World Games are the biggest event in the world after the Olympic Games. More than ten thousand athletes and trainers as well as representatives of the technical staff from more than 100 countries of the world take part in current games, which wi...

On October 18-19, 2019, the VII China-Central Asia Cooperation Forum was held in Nanning, the economic, administrative and cultural center of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the PRC, in which representatives of Turkmenistan also participated. The event was organized by the SCO China Committee for Good Neighborhood, Friendship and Cooperation, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the People’s Government of this region. The meeting brought together head...

The OSCE Centre organized a series of lectures on codes of conduct and ethical standards in law enforcement from 14 to 19 October 2019 in Ashgabat. The Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Border Institute of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan each hosted a programme of lectures. The series of three events brought together more than 250 students from five institutions of higher education. The s...

On October 17, 2019, in the city of Buenos Aires, political consultations were held between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Argentine Republic. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister V.S. Khadzhiev. The delegation of Argentina was led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cult of the Argentine Republic Gustavo Rudolfo Zlauvinen. Having exchanged greetings, the parties noted the friendly character inherent in Turkmen-Argentine relations....

On October 17, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE made a statement at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the outcome of the Summit of Heads of States of CIS countries. In the statement, it was noted that during the Summit, the participants exchanged views on cooperation on the CIS space and highly appreciated the ongoing joint activities aimed at the achieving higher levels of multilateral collaboration. The delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE had informed the Co...

On Oсtober 17, 2019, a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Najibullah Alikhil was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presented the copies of his credentials. Congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post, the Turkmen side expressed its readiness to provide all possible assistan...