On December 18, a New Year's fair of masters will be held in Ashgabat at the French Institute, which will provide an excellent opportunity to buy gifts for the long-awaited holiday.
The meeting of foreign ministers in the "Central Asia + Japan" format will be held in Tokyo on December 24. It will be the ninth in a row and will be held at the Iikura House under the chairmanship of Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa. This was reported in a press release from the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
The next meeting of the Joint Steering Committee on the implementation of the Framework Program of Cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations in the field of sustainable Development for 2021-2025 was held in a hybrid format in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on Thursday.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov proposed the creation of a new transport corridor "Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey" and a single logistics center to coordinate and optimize freight traffic along this new route. Turkmenistan proposes to consider these issues in the development of trilateral relations.
The fifth meeting of the High Level Working Group on the Caspian Sea (HLWG) was held in Moscow on 13-15 December. The negotiations were attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, represented by the director of the Caspian Sea Institute Murat Atajanov.
In Ashgabat, the lights on the country's main New Year tree were lit today. The festive ritual has already become a good tradition for everyone and hundreds of people took part in it. Many came with their families.
The exhibition of handmade dolls and toys will be held on New Year's Eve in Ashgabat. Last year, this kind of exhibition was organized for the first time at the same time and was a great success, which gave rise to the decision to make such New Year's Eve shows a tradition.
The Deputy Ministers of Health of Turkmenistan and Russia held talks in Moscow on Thursday and discussed prospects for further cooperation between the countries. Murat Mammadov and Tatiana Semenova showed particular interest in such areas as continuing medical education, medical tourism and digital transformation of healthcare," reads a press release published on the official website of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey has the ability to supply Russian and Turkmen gas to Europe, this is an important step for Ankara. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
"The diversification of supply routes and their functioning should be based on clear and clear standards that take into account multilateral interests, as well as guarantees of reliability and security. It is from this position that joint initiatives on establishing cooperation on the supply of natural gas from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to Turkey and further to world markets should be considered," Serdar Berdimuhamedov stressed, speaking at a meeting with Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he instructed to work out a mechanism for supplying Turkmen gas to Europe through Turkey within a month. According to him, Ankara intends to discuss the issue with the EU. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed to further expand intergovernmental contacts, as well as to search for ways to develop cooperation in the oil and gas sector, the electric power industry, water environment and ecology.
Representatives of public organizations, relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan discussed the creation of a national system for responding to violence against women in the country during a seminar organized in Ashgabat by UNDP and UNFPA.
Mohammad Fayazi, Head of the Representative Office of the UN Children's Fund in Turkmenistan, noted the country's high contribution to the implementation of various programs of the organization, noting that the Turkmen side invests more than $83 million through UNICEF in immunization of the population.
The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which is part of the Southern Gas Corridor, will increase its capacity to 20 billion cubic meters of gas by 2027 thanks to investments in the overhaul of the branch, said Luca Shippati, managing director of TAP AG, in an interview with the Interfax news agency.
