Deputies of the legislative (lower) chamber of the Parliament of Uzbekistan at a meeting on Friday adopted a resolution on holding a referendum on the new constitution of the republic on April 30, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to resume diplomatic relations, with plans to reopen embassies within two months, according to a statement released by the Iranian government.
The CIS observer mission has started monitoring the preparation and conduct of the elections of deputies of the Parliament (Mejlis) of the seventh convocation in Turkmenistan. This is reported by the press service of the Commonwealth.
The preparation of the upcoming state visit of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Dushanbe, which is scheduled for the first half of April, was discussed by the MFAs of Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.
New Ambassador of the Republic of Chile Rodrigo Enrique Arcos Castro presented his credentials to Speaker of the Parliament of Turkmenistan Gulshat Mammedova.
The participants of the first meeting of the special representatives of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan spoke in favor of unfreezing the financial assets of this country in foreign banks. This was stated on Tuesday by the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.
The 1st session of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the 14th convocation has opened in Beijing, Xinhua reports. In the coming days, Chinese deputies will discuss socio-economic achievements and outline prospects for further comprehensive development of the country.
The issue of transport should be at the center of the agenda of the United Nations as a separate area of activity, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Hojamyrat Geldimyradov said, speaking at the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries on Monday.
The first meeting of the Central Asia-India joint working group on Afghanistan was held in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 7. The meeting was attended by special envoys/high-ranking officials from India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN, Aksoltan Atayeva, met with the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific region, Khaled Hiari, the official website of the permanent mission reports.
The Women's Union and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan sent, in cooperation with the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat, about 11 tons of humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake in Turkey. This was reported by the Anadolu agency on Saturday.
Issues related to the use of the e-TIR electronic system and data exchange were among the key issues at the meeting of the heads of customs services of Turkmenistan and Iran. This is reported by the website of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan.
A member of the politics bureau of the central committee of the Communist Party, Vo Van Thuong, has been elected the new president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 487 out of 488 deputies of the National Assembly voted for him, which is 98.38%. This is reported by the world media with reference to the Vietnamese News Agency.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is expected to travel to Turkmenistan soon to officially open a permanent Israeli embassy in Ashgabat, the country's capital. This was announced on Friday by the Israeli international round-the-clock news channel i24NEWS.
A meeting of the Council on Aviation and the Use of Airspace was held in Moscow, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee reports.
