In the Kazakh city of Aktau, at the Renaissance Aktau hotel, a presentation of the new Turkmen city of Arkadag, the administrative center of the Akhal region, was held.

"New Tashkent" will be spread over an area of 20,000 hectares between the Chirchik and Karasu rivers. The symbolic laying of the stone of the future town, in which about a million people can live, was made on Saturday by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan reported.

The Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiev discussed the strengthening of peace, security and sustainable development of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the country's foreign ministry reports.

Ashgabat and Tbilisi are working on improving the mechanisms of bilateral relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports following the results of the Turkmen-Georgian consultations on the inventory of the legal framework.

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in the State of Qatar will be opened as part of the upcoming visit of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Doha, TDH reports following a meeting of the Turkmen government on March 17.

The visit of the President of Turkmenistan to the State of Qatar is being prepared by the foreign offices of the two countries. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov reported on the program of the visit of the head of Turkmenistan at a government meeting on Friday.

Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the emergency summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara on Thursday.

The Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Kazakhstan Batyr Rejepov discussed with the Director General of the Center for Green Finance of the Astana International Financial Center Aidar Kazybayev and the President of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Murat Karymsakov the organization of the presentation of the city of Arkadag — the new administrative center of Ahal — at the sites of the Forum of Mayors of cities of the Silk Road countries. This is reported on the diplomatic mission's Instagram page.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the 7th regional meeting of heads of border agencies of the CIS member states, which was held in Almaty. This is reported on the website of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth.

The participating countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) will create a common civil defense mechanism, Anadolu Agency reports. The draft of the relevant agreement between the relevant structures will be prepared for the X summit of the organization in Turkestan.