On March 12, 2018 in Ashgabat, a regular meeting of representatives of the Caspian states began to discuss the draft Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the Caspian states. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Affairs under the President of Turkmenistan. Heads, leading specialists and experts of the relevant ministries and departments of the Republic of Azerbaijan...

As reported at the Government session on 9 March, preparations are underway for the scheduled upcoming official visits to the State of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates by the President of Turkmenistan. In this regard, it was noted that one of the key vectors of the country’s foreign policy course is expanding cooperation with the countries of Middle East. The head of state was pleased to mention the constructive nature of relations with Kuwait and the UAE, and stressed the tremendous poten...

On March 9, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the Joint Statement on the promotion and protection of human rights in Central Asia within the framework of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document underscores the Central Asian countries' commitment to further efforts to fulfill their obligations in the field of protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and promoting international cooperation in accordance with the purposes and princip...

On March 9, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met with the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Mr. Shahriyar Alam, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, analyzing the current state of relations between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the sides expressed the need for their activation. In this context, the sides noted the role of high-level visits, as well as the role...

On March 7, 2018, the fifth meeting of the joint Turkmen-Tatarstan Working Group on Trade-Economic, Scientific-Technical and Cultural Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. Heads and representatives of leading ministries, industry departments and enterprises of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tatarstan took part in it. The meeting was chaired from Turkmen side by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan B. Bazarov, from the Tatarstan side by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of...

On March 6, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Russian Federation led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexander Gruzdev who arrived in Ashgabat to attend the fifth meeting of the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support within the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen -Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation. During the meeting, the parties discussed the results of the...

On March 6, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - the Executive Secretary of the CIS V.Guminsky, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the mission of CIS observers to monitor the election campaign of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The main topic of discussions was preparations for the forthcoming elections in Turkmenistan on March 25, 2018 of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. Noting th...