The State Committee of Turkmenistan on Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography has announced an international tender for the modernization of television and radio equipment, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
A delegation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has arrived in Ashgabat to hold talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. On Monday, Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Hajiyev met with Fedor Klimchuk, Deputy Director of the Policy Analysis and Public Relations Department of UNODC, and Igor Kondratiev, Deputy Head of the Section on Joint Financing and Partnerships.
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Belgium Sapar Palvanov met with the organization's leadership at the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague on Monday.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev and Director of the Department for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Special Representative for Afghanistan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development of Great Britain Andrew MccUbrey discussed a wide range of issues of cooperation on Afghan issues.
The American Center will organize a seven-day eco-camp on April 10 in Ashgabat. The youth program invites schoolchildren of grades 8-11 – children aged 14 to 18 years old, who will be able to have fun and informative time among their peers.
The world's first BP offshore platform capable of remote control is being built in Azerbaijan. This was announced by BP Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Gary Jones.
Almaty will become the cultural and tourist capital of the SCO for 2023-2024. The ministers of culture of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization supported the proposal of Askhat Oralov, the Acting Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, to assign a new status to the city, which he initiated at an online meeting of the heads of the ministries of culture of the SCO, Kazinform reports.
Louis Vuitton and Dior owner Bernard Arnault has been named the richest man in the world by Forbes. The businessman topped the magazine's annual rankings, displacing Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter CEO Elon Musk to second place. For the first time, a French citizen leads the ranking.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bakhromjon Aloev held a consultation meeting in Tashkent on Monday with diplomats of the CIS states - Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, represented by Ambassador Yazguly Mammedov. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
“We congratulate Turkmenistan on the successful holding of the elections of deputies of the Mejlis (parliament) of the 7th convocation. As a friendly neighbor and all-round strategic partner, China firmly supports Turkmenistan in following the path of development in line with its national realities,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press conference on Tuesday, April 4, answering a question from People's Daily about about how China will comment on the recent parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan.
On Monday, April 3, 4 transactions totaling over $1 million and 252 thousand Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
Turkmen students won 45 medals at the II Open International Student Internet Olympiad in Theoretical Mechanics organized by the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan.
Azerbaijan has abolished the fee for the transportation of flammable materials, the city tax on heavy trucks, reduced fees for crossing the border and increased their limit to 41 tons, the Turkmen Embassy in the republic reports.
The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Kazakhstan announced the holding of a competition of readers in Turkmen, Kazakh, Russian, and English among students, according to the website of the diplomatic mission.
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Turkmenistan has opened a polling station in Ashgabat for voting in a referendum on the draft Constitutional Law of Uzbekistan "On the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan", which will be held on April 30. The announcement was published on April 4 by the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.
