On April 3, 2017, the regular meeting of the Regional Technical Group of the countries-participants of the Confidence Building Measures "Regional Infrastructures" (RI-CBM) was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan within the framework of the Istanbul process on assistance to Afghanistan. Representatives of about 20 countries and a number of international organizations took part in the meeting. The delegation of Turkmenistan, speaking at the opening of the meeting, noted that...

On March 31, 2017 President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko attended the solemn ceremony of opening the ore-dressing and processing complex for production of potash fertilizers in Garlyk, Lebap Velayat. Opening the new facility, the leaders of the two states cut the symbolic ribbon at the central gates to the complex. Speaking about the importance of the project in the context of the strategy of social and economic develo...

On March 30, 2017 in Ashgabat, the talks were held between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko who arrived in Turkmenistan on an official visit the day before. In the "Oguzkhan" Palace Complex, after the official ceremony of meeting the high guest and presenting the members of the governmental delegations of the two countries, the Turkmen-Belarusian negotiations at the top began in a one-to-one format. Among the...

“Garlyk” mining and processing plant for the production of potassium fertilizers will be inagurated in Turkmenistan on March 31, 2017 Equipped with the most advanced technologies, this plant will become the flagship of the Turkmen chemical industry and the largest industrial-production complex in the Asian continent. The fact that its construction on one of the largest deposits of potassium salts in the world clearly indicates that Turkmenistan will obtain  one of the leading positions in the...

On March 29, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a briefing on Turkmenistan’s Chairmanship at the Energy Charter Conference in 2017. The briefing was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan and «Turkmennebit» State Concern. Representatives of the mass media, foreign journalists accredited in Turkmenistan, teachers and students of the faculty of International Journalism of the Institute of Intern...

On March 23, 2017, another round of Turkmen-Kyrgyz political consultations at the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers took place between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two countries in Ashgabat. During consultations the parties analyzed the current state and perspective directions of the further development of bilateral ties in the political, trade-economic, investment and cultural-humanitarian spheres. The sides emphasized with satisfaction the effective development of mutually benef...

On March 15, 2017, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paid a state visit to the State of Qatar. From the international airport of Doha, the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan went to the official residence reserved for the visit, which was accommodated in the hotel "St.Regis Doha". After a while, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for the Palace of the Emir of the State of Qatar. On the square in front of the Palace, the head of Turkmenistan was warmly and co...