Citizens of Turkmenistan will be able to vote in the presidential elections in 30 foreign countries in which Turkmen diplomatic missions operate, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports.

A group of international observers arrived in Turkmenistan on Friday from Moscow to monitor the presidential elections, which will be held on March 12. This was announced on Friday by the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan.

On Tuesday, the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan registered two more candidates for the highest state post nominated by initiative groups from the city of Ashgabat and the Dashoguz region.

The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan has registered three new presidential candidates.

Candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan begin meetings with voters - a new stage of the election campaign opened on Monday, February 21.

The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan has nominated its candidate for the presidency of the country. The decision was made at an extraordinary party congress on Monday in Ashgabat.

On Saturday, meetings of initiative groups of citizens were held in the Akhal and Mary regions, which nominated their candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan, the official press writes.

Initiative groups of citizens in the Balkan and Lebap regions put forward their candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan. As part of the election campaign that started in Turkmenistan on February 14, the names of two more contenders for the highest state post became known on Friday.

The Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan has registered six initiative groups of citizens who will be able to nominate their candidates for the presidential elections in the country, the press service of the department reports.

On Wednesday, at a meeting of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, Deputy Head of the Mary region Agadzhan Bekmyradov, nominated by the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan, was registered as a candidate for the presidency of the country.