On March 27, 2019, the sixth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development began its work in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. This annual Forum is organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The three-day Forum, which meets annually, brought together high-ranking representatives of governments, the private sector, and civil society. The delegation of Turkmenistan also takes part in the work of this forum. At the opening of the Forum, UN...

On the 27th of March 2019, Turkmen-Italian political consultations were held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The delegation of the Italian Republic was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mr. Manlio Di Stefano who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the meeting, the parties discussed the state and perspectives of Turkmen-Italian relations.  Alongside, an exchange of views took place on regional and int...

On March 27, 2019, the 15th meeting of the Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and South Asia (RECA) began its work at the capital's Yyldyz Hotel. This two-day RECA meeting is organized with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan. Employees and specialists from relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, representatives of such intern...

On March 26, 2019, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the State of Palestine took place in the city of Ramallah. From the Palestinian side, the talks were led by the Deputy Foreign Minister Mazen Shamia. During the talks, the sides expressed satisfaction with the development of bilateral Turkmen-Palestinian relations and noted the consistency in holding political consultations. The parties noted the effectiveness of the mechanism of mutual co...

On the 26th of March 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in the framework of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to Japan. During the meeting of the Chairman of Turkmen-Japanese Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group of the Parliament of Turkmenistan, Deputy Governor of the Ahal region S.Berdimuhamedov with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Ms. Abe Toshiko, a number of vital issues pertaining to bilateral relations were discussed. Dur...

Today, on the 26th of March 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan has sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran in which the Government of Turkmenistan expresses its compassion to the population of the provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran who have suffered from the floods in the result of heavy rains.      In this regard, based on traditionally friendly relations between the two neighboring states, the Turkmen side expressed...

On the 24th of March 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese group of inter-parliamentary friendship of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, Deputy hyakim of the Akhal province S.Berdimuhamedov began its visit to Japan. On the 25th of March, 2019 the delegation of Turkmenistan had a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Mr. Oshima Tadamori, during which the parties discussed a number of important directions of mutually beneficial...