Josep Borrell Fontelles, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) ​ On 28 January 2020, friends from Central Asia, Afghanistan and the European Union will gather in Berlin for a conference organised by the German Foreign Ministry, entitled “Green Central Asia.” I was glad to accept the invitation and join Foreign Ministers from the region, for two main reasons: First, to underline how urgent the challenge of tackling...

The Centre of Public Health and Nutrition of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service, an innovative facility, which activity is aimed at scientific researches in the sphere of impact of social and biological factors on the health of the population in general, development of eco-friendly food technologies and standards of healthy nutrition, has been working for more than three years in Ashgabat. This medical facility is provided with the most modern laboratory and medical equipment, whi...

On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the field of Securing Maritime Safety in the Caspian Sea began its work in Ashgabat. The meeting is attended by experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Caspian Se...

On January 24, 2020, a briefing dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan and to the announcement of the year 2020 as “Turkmenistan – Home of Neutrality” organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan was held in Tokyo. The representatives of the Japanese mass media such as “Asahi shimbun,” “NHK,” “Kyodo news,” “Mainichi,” “Sumitomo global research” and “Japan-Eurasia Society” participated to the briefing. During the event, the Ambassador of Turkmenis...

Turkmen delegation will participate in International conference “Green Central Asia”, which will be held in berlin on January 28 on foreign ministers level of the countries of the region, Afghanistan and Germany. The purpose of the forum is to review improvement of regional cooperation in such current spheres as combating against climate change and its consequences. Relative initiative of the Government of Germany, which provides realization of the projects in such important directions as env...

71 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.  For foreign currency, brokers from Afghanistan, Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Russia and Switzerland have bought straight run gasoline, polypropylene, liquefied gas, hydro treated diesel fuel and jet fuel produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex.  In addition, colourless sheet glass and cotton yarn have been sold for foreign currency to the buyers from Ire...

The Institute of State, Law and Democracy hosted regular session of Interdepartmental Commission for provision of international obligations of Turkmenistan in human rights and international humanitarian law. Representatives of the Mejlis, ministries, departments and public organizations took part in the meeting. The agenda included discussion of objectives related to realization of initiatives in human rights and international humanitarian law spheres, which were proposed by President Gurbang...