On 13 November 2017, a signing ceremony of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) took place at the premises of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea in Ashgabat, in particular: between the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), represented by the Regional Programme "Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia (TWM CA)", and between the Executive Committee of the...

On November 10-11, 2017 in Samarkand, an international conference on security and sustainable development in Central Asia under the title "Central Asia: One Past and a Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity" as well as the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Central Asian states of the format "European Union - Central Asia" were held under the auspices of the United Nations. The delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minis...

On November 9, 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary at the level of deputy foreign ministers of Turkmenistan and Hungary. During the meeting, the sides discussed the development of bilateral relations, expansion of cooperation within the framework of international organizations, in particular within the framework of the UN, OSCE and the EU, and expressed satisfaction with the mutual support of international initiatives of each other within various internation...

The Research guidance centre on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which was recently opened in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, held the first training course that brought together the representatives of the Democratic and Agrarian political parties as well as the Party of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.  Among the trainers at the centre are the experts of the United Nations Organization, the UN Development...

On November 8, 2017, presentation of the book by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road” took place in Vienna.  The presentation was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Austria in cooperation with the Austrian organization "Society".  The presentation was attended by the representatives of the diplomatic corps and international organizations accredited in Vienna, as well as the mass media. According to th...

On 7-8 November 2017, the 14th meeting of the Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and South Asia (RECA) was held in the capital hotel “Yildyz”. The Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan acted as host. Employees and specialists from relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, representatives of international and regional organizations such as the International Energy Charter, CIS, USAID and representatives of e...

Best practices in countering money laundering through offshore zones were shared at an OSCE-supported seminar for representatives from Turkmenistan’s financial, law enforcement and supervisory bodies, several commercial banks and other relevant agencies, which took place in Ashgabat from 11 to13 October 2017. The three-day event addressed the international legislative provisions, standards and tools available to identify companies registered in territories and jurisdiction with special taxati...