President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held offsite session of the State Security Council where the outcomes of work of military and law enforcement agencies for 11 months of the year were summed up and the objectives for near future were outlined.  Yearly in the morning, the helicopter of the Head of the State landed at one of the military divisions. The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country was w...

An opening ceremony of Culture Days of the Republic of Turkey in Turkmenistan has been attended by representatives of artistic circles, diplomatic missions accredited to our country, the local community, the media, and students.  Welcoming the event participants, Turkey’s Undersecretary of Culture and Tourism Omer Arisoy highlighted that the historical cultural and spiritual commonality of the fraternal nations provides a solid foundation for bilateral relations.  Artists from the fraterna...

On December 5, 2017, the Seventeenth Meeting of the "Turkmenistan-EU" Joint Committee was held in Ashgabat. To attend the meeting, the delegation from the European Union, lead by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luc Pierre Devigne, arrived in the Turkmen capital. During the meeting the sides discussed wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of trade and economics be...

On December 5, 2017, the ninth meeting of the Turkmen-Austrian joint commission was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was chaired from Turkmen part by the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, from Austrian part by Director General for foreign economic relations of the Federal Ministry of science, research and economy of the Republic of Austria Franz Wessig. At the beginning of the meeting, the sides summed up the results of the work of the Turkmen-Austrian joint commi...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference session with the participation of the heads of number of ministries and departments, hyakims of velayats and Ashgabat. Priority matters of social and economic development of the country including the issues of the realization of national reform programmes, preparation to coming remarkable dates as well as other important subjects of the state life have been reviewed during the session. First, the President of the country called...

On December 4, 2017, a Turkmen-Austrian business forum was held in the capital hotel "Archabil", for participation in which a representative delegation of the Austrian Republic arrived in Ashgabat. From the Austrian side the business forum was attended by representatives of several government agencies and organizations, and 24 companies specialized in the field of trade, health, agriculture, transport and logistics, energy, engineering, engineering technology, construction, tourism and others...

On December 4, 2017, political consultations between the representatives of the foreign policy departments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Austria have been held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of guests was led by the head of the Department of Eastern and Southern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia of the Ministry for European Affairs, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Katarina Vizier. During the political consultations, issues of bilatera...