Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhromjon Aloev held a consultation meeting in Tashkent on Monday with diplomats of the CIS states - Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, represented by Ambassador Yazguly Mammedov. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
“We congratulate Turkmenistan on the successful holding of the elections of deputies of the Mejlis (parliament) of the 7th convocation. As a friendly neighbor and all-round strategic partner, China firmly supports Turkmenistan in following the path of development in line with its national realities,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press conference on Tuesday, April 4, answering a question from People's Daily about about how China will comment on the recent parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan.
The current state of cooperation and prospects for further partnership were discussed during the meeting by representatives of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan with a delegation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This is reported on the website of the Customs Department of Turkmenistan.
On April 4-5, the Turkmen delegation will take part in a regional seminar on trade promotion. The event will be held under the auspices of USAID in Tashkent to assist Central Asian exporters.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's visit to Ashgabat is scheduled for April 20. This is stated in the report of the Jerusalem online newspaper The Times of Israel on Sunday evening.
The first ten-day motor rally "Caspian - Sea of Friendship", designed to strengthen good-neighborly relations with the Caspian countries, started on April 1 in the Astrakhan region. The President of Russia supported the idea of the motorcycle rally and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin led the action, TASS reported.
Turkmenistan has established a new newspaper, Arkadag, which will be published in the Turkmen language once a week. The resolution on this was signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. The document was published in the news release of the national State Radio and Television.
Turkmenistan summed up the results of the country component of the global project "Strengthening resistance to violent extremism in Asia (STRIVE Asia). The EU-UN Joint Partnership", which is funded by the European Union.
The Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Central Asia, Ashita Mittal, visited the Artyk customs checkpoint located on the Turkmen-Iranian border. This is reported on the website of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan.
A joint meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Commonwealth Member States under the statutory and other bodies of the CIS and the Commission on Economic Affairs under the CIS Economic Council was held on Thursday, March 30, in Minsk. The meeting, which was held in a hybrid format, was attended by CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev.
The President of Turkmenistan signed documents on the city of Arkadag, in connection with giving it a special legal status of a city of national importance.
The CIS observer mission issued a statement on the results of monitoring the preparation and conduct of the elections of deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan of the seventh convocation, held on March 26.
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Malaysia Muhammetniyaz Mashalov took part in the 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok, during which representatives of the countries of the region exchanged views on the implementation of plans until 2030.
Representatives of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan took part in an online meeting of senior officials of the Almaty process, according to the website of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan, along with other Central Asian countries, was represented at a regional seminar on countering illicit drug trafficking and the latest psychoactive substances.
