President Serdar Berdimuhamedov dismissed Shahym Abdrahmanov from the post of Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers in connection with the transition to another job.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov replaced the Minister of Finance and Economy. The Head of State dismissed Muhammetgeldy Serdarov from this position in connection with the transition to another job and appointed Serdar Jorayev, who had worked up to that point as Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy, to this post.
A number of media reported that the holding of the Istanbul Gas Summit will be postponed from February 14-15 to March 22 due to earthquakes in Turkey. This information was confirmed by the Turkish Energy Ministry, TASS reports.
Ambassador of Turkmenistan to France Maksat Charyev met in Paris on Thursday with French senators - Chairman of the interparliamentary friendship group "France-Central Asia" of the Senate of the French Republic Herve Moray, Vice-President of the French Senate Commission on Economic Issues Franck Menonville and Senator Arnaud de Belene. The press release of the meeting was published on the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.
On Thursday, Meta Corporation restored the account of former US President Donald Trump on Facebook after two years of blocking.
The first inter-parliamentary forum of Central Asian states will be held on Friday in the Kazakh city of Turkestan. The parliamentarians of Kazakhstan, as well as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, whose delegations have already arrived in the country, will take part in its work. The Turkmen delegation is headed by Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Gurbanmurat Ashyrov, the press service of the Senate of Kazakhstan reports.
New Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova met with US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Matthew Klimow on Thursday at the Foreign Ministry building.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the Afghan issue with security representatives of a number of countries on Wednesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got acquainted with the situation in the provinces affected by the devastating earthquakes, Anadolu agency reports.
Dutch seismologist Frank Hugerbits, who predicted an earthquake in Turkey, made a new forecast, RIA Novosti reports.
The Turkish authorities have imposed a state of emergency in 10 provinces of the republic affected by the effects of devastating earthquakes. The decree was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Anadolu news agency reports.
One of the architectural symbols of the capital of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Center, was painted in the colors of the Turkish flag on the evening of February 7 as a sign of solidarity with Turkey and the Turkish people after the devastating earthquakes. This is reported by the Anadolu agency.
Representatives of Turkmenistan took part in the inter-ministerial consultations on cooperation within the CIS in 2023, which were held at the headquarters of the Commonwealth in Minsk. This is reported by the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.
Search and rescue operations are continuing on the territory of Turkey in the regions affected by strong earthquakes. A summary with up-to-date information was provided to ORIENT by the Turkish Embassy in Turkmenistan.
Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat on Wednesday, Ambassador of the Republic to Turkmenistan Togan Oral said on social networks.
