On September 27, 2018 a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Dushanbe. The heads of the foreign ministries reviewed more than 15 draft documents aimed at further expanding humanitarian cooperation, improving and developing the legal framework of the Commonwealth. In a narrow format, the heads of delegations exchanged views on topical issues on the international agenda and interaction in the Commonwealth format, and also determine...

People’s Council of Turkmenistan was held On September 25, 2018, the first session of the People’s Council chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held.The initiative of the President of Turkmenistan to organize the highest representative authority- thePeople’s Council was supported and adopted in October last year at the meeting of the Elders Councilwhich was held in Ahal velayat.  Elected members of the People’s Council, heads of the government authorities, political parties a...

On September 26, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Head of the delegation of the European Union in Turkmenistan Christian Berger. Within the framework of the talks, issues of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the European Union were discussed. Noting the role of cooperation within the framework of international organizations, the parties considered further steps to expand cooperation in the energy sector. In this context, the sides noted...

The first session of the People’s Council chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held in the capital on the threshold of the 27th anniversary of independence. The agenda of National forum, which is remarkable event in life of the country, included the discussion of priority objectives of further development of Turkmen state and society. Being the highest representative authority acting accordingly to the Constitution of Turkmenistan based on universal democratic principles and ric...

On September 25, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Paul Russell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (with residence in Ankara) of Vatican to Turkmenistan, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. In the course of the meeting, speaking about bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and city-state Vatican, the parties positively assessed the existing level of cooperation between the two countries. Having expressed satisfaction over pr...

Speaking during a meeting of Halk Maslahaty in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasized that the development of the oil and gas sphere was one of the key areas of the economic growth in the years of independence. The President of Turkmenistan focused on the development of new industries that ensure the diversification of export potential as well as the multidirectional pipeline supply network as an objective of the energy strategy of Turkmenistan. Large-scale investment pro...

Speaking at the Khalk Maslakhaty meeting, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has characterized Turkmenistan’s post-independence period, having noted that the country has dramatically transformed from an agricultural country into an industrialized country. The main sectors of the economy have been drastically reformed, and first of all, we attached much importance to improving people’s social conditions, the head of state said. The President offered several examples: twenty-seven years of...