On March 27, 2018, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit. The head of the Iranian state was greeted by the officials at the International Airport of Ashgabat, decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. From the airport, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran went to his residence, located at the Oguzkent Hotel. In the first half of the day, the high guest, accompanied by an honorable escort, proceede...

On March 27, 2018, a Turkmen-Iranian business forum was held in Ashgabat, timed to coincide with the official visit of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani to Turkmenistan was held. The main theme of the next meeting of representatives of business circles of the two countries was the concretization of promising areas of trade and economic cooperation, taking into account national development plans and regional cooperation. As part of the delegation that arrived in Ash...

On March 26, 2018 a briefing of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan G. Muradov, on the results of the elections of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, members of the people’s councils and local councils was held in the conference hall of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan. The briefing was attended by international observers, foreign journalists accredited in the country, as well as representatives of local media. The Chairman of the Central...

On March 26, 2018, the Observer Mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which monitored the election campaign and elections of the Mejlis deputies, held press conferences. The events were attended by representatives of national and foreign media, as well as members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan. Speaking to the audience, the Heads of Missions, expressing gratitude to the country's leadership and the C...

On March 23, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), at its 37th session, unanimously adopted the Resolution "Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympie ideal", which reflects the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on encouraging valuable contribution of Olympic refugee teams in strengthening peace and human rights. In particular, the document notes that the participation of refugee teams in large-scale sports games, includ...

On February 23, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul on the main aspects of Turkmenistan's foreign policy and prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, heads of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum "Central Asia-Korea", the Association of Friendship between the Republic of Korea and Central Asian countries, representatives of higher educ...

On February 23, 2018, commissioning of the Serhetabat–Torghundi railway took place as one of the events dedicated to the ground-breaking ceremony of the new section of the TAPI pipeline and laying of electric power and fiber-optic lines along the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan route. The celebration was attended by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan S...