The Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan announced an international essay competition among students studying in Central Azian higher educational institutions. The Turkmen Higher Diplomatic School reports this on its official website.

The Turkmen Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Turkmenistan will host a hakaton aimed at students of higher and secondary specialized educational institutions. This is reported by the publication "Turkmenistan: The Golden Age."

The Spanish delegation is scheduled to visit Turkmenistan in March this year, it will include representatives of leading companies and organizations specializing in such areas as investment activities, the introduction of new technologies, the training of highly qualified personnel, etc. This was discussed at the meeting of the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation Esen Aydogdiyev with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Turkmenistan, with residence in Moscow, Marcos Gomez Martinez on Tuesday, February 6.

The President of Turkmenistan signed an order obliging the deputy chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of administrations of the country's regions and the city of Ashgabat to monitor, in accordance with their area of responsibility, the high-quality completion of the construction of large industrial and social facilities, the commissioning of which is planned in 2024.

Today, on February 6, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed Olzhas Bektenov, the former head of his administration, to the post of Prime Minister of the republic. This is reported on the Akorda website.

China is open to talent from all over the world, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said in Beijing on Sunday, CGTN reported.

After the media briefing held on Monday, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Turkmenistan, Akmoljon Kuchkarov, according to the inviolable traditions of oriental hospitality, he offered the participants of the meeting to taste dishes of national cuisine, the universally recognized king of which is pilaf.

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation Esen Aydogdyeva held a meeting in Moscow with Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan Kipros Yorgallis.

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (one of the UN human rights treaty monitoring bodies) considered Turkmenistan's sixth periodic report on February 2. According to the UN Information Service in Geneva, the committee's experts highly appreciated the state's National Action Plan to Ensure Gender Equality.