On May 28, 2021, the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of collaboration of Turkmenistan with the European Union. Special emphasis at the talks was made on the Energy Charter Treaty modernization process. As known...

On May 27, 2021, the meeting in the videoconference format was held between the governors of the frontier provinces of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. From Afghan side the governors of Gerat, Badghiz, Djouzdjan and Faryab provinces, from Turkmen side the governors of Mary and Lebap velayats made presentations at the meeting. During the talk, the issues of the implementation of TAPI and TAP projects, railway line Turgundi-Great, plans on cooperation between the adminis...

On the 25th of May 2021, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave a speech at the Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.  The event took place in a format of a videoconferencing and was chaired by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The event was attended by the heads of states and governments, ministers, heads of major international organizations, experts of academic circles and analytical centers, as well as the representa...

30 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have bought gasoline, technical kerosene and industrial oil produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Liquefied gas from Seydi Refinery was bought by businessmen from Afghanistan. In addition, representatives of business circles from UAE have bought cotton yarn for foreign currenc...

ベルディムハメドフ大統領閣下、トルクメニスタン国民の皆様、salam（サラーム）。東京都知事の小池百合子です。 この度、トルクメニスタン独立30周年および首都アシガバット設立140周年という、記念すべき節目を迎えられました。東京都民を代表して心よりお祝い申し上げます。 また、昨年は、永世中立25周年を迎えておられます。長きにわたって、国際社会の平和と発展に貢献されてきたことに敬意を表します。 日本とトルクメニスタンは、地理的には離れておりますが、シルクロードを通じて結ばれており、古くからご縁がございま...

On May 24, 2021, a roundtable on the occasion of proclaiming the 25th of May 2021, the day when the 140th anniversary of the establishment of Ashgabat is celebrated, as “Ashgabat–the Sister City’s Day” in Albuquerque was held in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was organized upon the initiative of the Embassy of the United States of America in Turkmenistan. The Rector of Institute of International Relations of the Ministry...

Today, on the 24th of May 2021, a meeting through videoconferencing was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the President of the Eurasian Patent Agency of the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) Saule Tlevlesova. During the meeting, the parties highly appraised the level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Eurasian Patent Organization.  It was noted that Turkmenistan is one of the active members of the EAPO and is the first state that has jo...