On May 16, the UN General Assembly held a debate on agenda item 61 "Zone of Peace, Trust and Cooperation of Central Asia", which was initiated by Turkmenistan. This is reported on the website of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN.
Skyscrapers of the Chinese city of Xi'an lit up with bright illumination depicting hieroglyphs welcoming guests of the first face—to-face summit "Central Asia - China", CGTN reports.
Turkmen experts took part in the international symposium "The Non-Aligned Movement in a changing and complex global context", held in Baku on May 16. The forum was organized jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, the Center for Analysis of International Relations and LINKS Europe and brought together representatives of dozens of NAM countries.
The Central Asian countries and China will establish a joint Business Council. This was stated by the representative of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade Yang Xiaojun, Xinhua News Agency reports.
CJSC "Ashgabat City Telephone Network" (ACTN) offers entrepreneurs to use the service of creating local Ethernet networks for data exchange between their offices and divisions in Ashgabat.
The 46th World Chess Olympiad will be held in Samarkand in 2026. Over four million US dollars will be allocated for the event. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Republic Shavkat Mirziyoyev, reports UZ.
The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) has organized a refresher course for specialists of the agency Türkmendeñizderýaýollary in St. Petersburg.
The national team of students of Turkmenistan won bronze medals at the international basketball tournament dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev celebrates his birthday on May 17. He turned 70 years old.
FIFA Regional Technical Coordinator Gayoz Darsadze (Georgia) will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan on May 17-19.
Kazan is breaking records for the number of guests coming to the international economic forum "Russia — the Islamic World: KazanForum" starting on May 18. According to Maxim Denisov, General Director of ANO Directorate of Sports and Social Projects, the number of hotels in the capital of Tatarstan is overloaded on the days of the event.
On May 17, the election campaign for the upcoming on July 23 elections of members of the Gengesh (local self-government body) of the village of Aba Annaev, Kyarizek district, Arkadag city, begins. This was announced on Tuesday at a meeting of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan.
An international forum on the topic "The role of neutral states in strengthening security, stability and dialogue in the OSCE region" was held in Ashgabat on Tuesday. The event was organized by the Mejlis of Turkmenistan and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) within the framework of the "Call to Action - Helsinki +50" initiative.
The aircraft fleet of Turkish Airlines will soon be replenished with 600 new aircraft. The Turkish national carrier signed the largest deal with the American concern Boeing, Eurasia Daily reports.
Newborn lambs have replenished the number of "guests" of the capital's zoo. This spring, 9 lambs of the Turkmen mountain sheep, which is also called the Kopetdag sheep, were born.
