The Astana International Forum - AIF 2023 will be held on June 8-9 in the capital of Kazakhstan under the auspices of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Dozens of international speakers and moderators will take part in 40 panels and side events. The cross-cutting theme of the forum is Central Asia and its role on the world stage in the face of new challenges.
The International Trade Center, with the support of the European Union, helps small businesses and artisans from five Central Asian countries to sell their products through the NOVICA e-commerce marketplace. The digital marketplace will provide craftsmen from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with access to new sales channels aimed at international customers.
Investing in the construction of infrastructure in the sea and dry ports of Turkmenistan and Iran was proposed by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, speaking on Thursday at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC) in Moscow. Joint investments will significantly expand the geography of exports of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and strengthen the logistics capabilities of the member countries of the organization, he noted. This is reported by the official Telegram channel of Akorda.
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Regular flights have resumed between Urumqi, the administrative center of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, and Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
The head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, is on a working visit to Ashgabat to participate in the meeting of special representatives on Afghanistan in the format "Central Asia – European Union".
Ashgabat has become a meeting place for special representatives of Central Asian countries and the European Union on Afghanistan, in which representatives of the EU, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan arrived in the Turkmen capital.
China welcomes the arrival of more high-quality goods from Central Asia to its market amid efforts to intensify trade and economic cooperation, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China said on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reports.
The celebration of athletes of Turkmenistan, who became prize-winners of international competitions in the period from April to May, took place on Thursday in Ashgabat. The ceremony, which coincided with the City Day, took place in the Olympic Town of the capital and was organized on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who sent his congratulations to the athletes.
The draw for the qualifying round of the 2024 Asian Youth Cup was held in Kuala Lumpur. The Olympic team of Turkmenistan (U-23) got into Group K, where Indonesia and Taiwan will become its rivals, the official website of the country's Football Federation reports.
Turkmen wrestlers of freestyle and Greco-Roman styles will take part in the international youth tournament Dumitru Pirvulescu & Vasile Iorga-2023, which will be held from May 25 to May 30 in Bucharest (Romania).
The first open Cup of the Turkmenistan Curling Federation among mixed pairs born in 2008 and younger took place in Ashgabat at the ice arena of the Palace of Winter Sports.
A meeting of the working group on updating the Concept of cooperation of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of public health was held on May 25 at the CIS headquarters. Representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth participated in its work. This is reported on the website of the CIS Executive Committee.
The 90th Annual General Session of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is taking place in Paris these days. The forum is attended by representatives of 182 member countries, as well as experts from international organizations. At the session Turkmenistan represents the leadership of the State Veterinary Service of the country.
Turkmenistan is represented at the annual summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF), which takes place in Leipzig, Germany, from May 24 to 26.
