On March 2, 2022, a seminar was held at the Garagum hotel of the capital for representatives of state institutions participating in elections and referendums in Turkmenistan. The training seminar was dedicated to improving the experience of national specialists in the preparation and conduct of elections and was organized with the assistance of the heads of the UN offices in Ashgabat. The Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Turkmenistan, Dmitry Shlapachenko, and the Permanent Repres...

On March 1, 2022, the next round of annual political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America began via videoconferencing. The delegations were headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu. The meeting was also attended by heads and representatives of relevant ministries and departments of the two countries. During the speeches and discussions, topical is...

A seminar on the topic “Elections and OSCE Commitments” was held at the Garagum Hotel of the capital, which was held for members of the public and the media by the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John McGregor. The seminar was attended by representatives of the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan, the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan, the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan, representatives of a number of ministries, de...

On February 28, 2022, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with a delegation of the CIS Executive Committee headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary L.V. Anfimov, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of a mission of CIS observers to participate in the assessment of the upcoming elections President of Turkmenistan. During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on the preparations for the upcom...

Today, on February 27, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the diplomatic corps of the country abroad. A comprehensive discussion of the issues of holding at a high organizational level the upcoming elections of the President of Turkmenistan, which will be held on March 12, 2022, became the main topic of the current meeting, which was held in the format of videoconferencing. As it was said, at present, in the course of active preparation for t...

On February 26, 2022, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At the beginning of the conversation, the Turkmen leader warmly greeted his Turkish counterpart and noted that he was very pleased with the recovery of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family from the coronavirus infection. The President of Turkmenistan also cordially congratulated the head of the friendly state on h...

On February 26, 2022, at the “Garagum” Hotel in the capital, by order of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, a briefing was held on the adoption of the “National Program for Turning of Turkmenistan into a Tobacco-Free Country for 2022-2025” and the Action Plan for its implementation. The briefing was attended by representatives of the People's Council and the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, heads an...