On Saturday, meetings of initiative groups of citizens were held in the Akhal and Mary regions, which nominated their candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan, the official press writes.
A round table on the topic “Dialogue-a Guarantee of Peace” was held at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Austria.
Initiative groups of citizens in the Balkan and Lebap regions put forward their candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan. As part of the election campaign that started in Turkmenistan on February 14, the names of two more contenders for the highest state post became known on Friday.
Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov, during a government meeting with the participation of members of the State Security Council, said that at present the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embassies and consulates of Turkmenistan are based on the Concept of Foreign Policy for 2017-2023.
The measures implemented in Turkmenistan to develop insurance activities, providing citizens and legal entities with high-quality insurance services, improving the relevant legal acts - all this was stated in the report of Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.
This week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Governance Support Program, in partnership with the Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan and international experts, organized the second seminar on advanced automated meteorological measuring and information systems for weather forecasters in Ashgabat and Lebap.
Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met on Thursday with the heads of the United Nations agencies accredited in Turkmenistan - the UN Resident Coordinator Dmitry Shlapachenko, the representative of the UN Development Program Narine Sahakyan, acting. head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Philip Saprykin.
The Office of Ombudsperson with the support of the UNDP in Turkmenistan actively participated in the series of online regional workshops on Accreditation by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in the framework of the newly launched Accreditation Program of Asian Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF).
The head of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, discussed preparations for the presidential elections in the country during a face-to-face meeting in Ashgabat with Chargé d'Affaires of the Ashgabat Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mr. R. Castberg, as well as in an online format with the General Secretary of the Organization of Turkic States, Mr. B. Amreev.
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed by phone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov key issues of Turkmen-Russian cooperation.
The initiative groups of citizens to nominate candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan were registered by the CEC.
On Wednesday, at a meeting of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, Deputy Head of the Mary region Agadzhan Bekmyradov, nominated by the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan, was registered as a candidate for the presidency of the country.
The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ankara held a briefing on the results of the development of Turkmenistan in the political, economic and cultural spheres in 2021.
Today, Ms. Narine Sahakyan, newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, has presented her credentials to His Excellency Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan.
Today, the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan has decided on its candidacy for the highest state post of the country. At the extraordinary IV party congress, it was decided to nominate the deputy head of the Mary region, Agadzhan Bekmyradov, as a candidate for participation in the presidential elections.
