On November 23, 2020, a high level online meeting on regional cooperation was held within the Afghanistan Conference.  Turkmenistan was represented at the event by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov. During the meeting that was attended by the heads of states and governments, as well as the international organizations, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the Secretary-General’s Special...

On the 23rd of November 2020, a two-day 2020 Afghanistan Conference has started in Geneva in the online format under the chairmanship of the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of Finland jointly with the United Nations.   The given Conference has united the high-ranking representatives of more than 100 countries and international organizations.  Turkmenistan is represented at the Conference by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreig...

On November 23, 2020, the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met via videoconferencing with the Chairman of the Interstate Television and Radio Company “Mir” R.Batyrshin. During the meeting, the parties considered the cooperation on information exchange and collaboration in the area of mass media. It was stated that during his official statements, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has on various occasions stated the importance of expanding collaboration between T...

The State Committee for Water Management has hosted the fourth meeting of the Turkmen-Afghan Coordination Commission on Water Management, conducted online via videoconferencing. On instructions from the head of state Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan was represented by the State Committee for Water Management and the State Border Service. From the Afghan side, the meeting was chaired by Technical Deputy Minister of National Water Affairs Regulation Authority of the Islamic Republic of A...

49 transactions are registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Jet fuel, gasoline, heavy fuel oil with law sulphur content produced at Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex have been sold for foreign currency to United Arab Emirates, Malta, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan. Gasoline produced at Seydi Refinery was a subject of transaction of entrepreneurs from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Businessmen from Russia, UAE and Turkey have also bought...

Last week, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkmenistan, Nighthart Höffer-Wissing, held an online lesson on the topic "Environmental diplomacy in the policy of neutrality of Turkmenistan." This lesson was attended by students and faculty of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Agricultural University named after S.A. Niyazov and the International Oil and Gas University. Du...

Today, on November 22, 2020, the forth meeting of Coordinative Commission on Water Resources between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took place in the premises of the State Committee for Water Resources via videoconferencing. The representatives of the external policy agency, the State Committee for Water Resources and State Border Service of Turkmenistan took part in the meeting from the Turkmen side. The Afghan delegation was headed by the Technical Deputy Minister o...