On February 23, 2018, the construction of the Afghan section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline had been started in the Serkhetabad district of Mary province, and the laying of power transmission lines and fiber-optic communication lines on the route Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) was launched. Together with this, the Serhetabat-Turgundi railway was put into operation. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Islamic Republ...

On February 22, 2018, in the city of Mary, the 25th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project was held with the participation of high-level leaders and representatives of the sectoral ministries and departments of the participating countries of the project, as well as the Asian Development Bank. The agenda included key issues for the further practical implementation of this ambitious project. In particular, it was decided to divide...

On February 19, 2018, the official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the occasion of the adoption of the UNGA resolution “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development” at the regular meeting of the OSCE Committee on Economic and Environmental Affairs. In the statement, it was noted that on December 20, 2017, at the seventy second session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on the initiative of President o...

On February 17-18, 2018, as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan and with the participation of sports teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations working in Ashgabat, sports competitions were held in the following sports: 1. Basketball 3х3 - in the sports complex of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; 2.Running...

On February 17, 2018, the international conference "Diplomacy of the Great Silk Road: the triumph of peace, friendship and cooperation" was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. It was dedicated to the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan. Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, representatives of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenist...

Turkmenistan continues to actively prepare for the Mejlis deputies’, the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshy members’ elections, upcoming on March 25. Nowadays the registration and nomination of candidates are proceeding. All electoral districts hold meetings of committees of the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party, as well as groups of citizens, in the course of which the best candidates are nominated for the National Parliament, local representat...

On February 13, 2018, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the format of a round table devoted to acquaintance with the activities of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) for 2018. The round table was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNRCCA. The round table was attended by the heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and representatives of internati...