Wheat harvest will begin in Turkmenistan on June 2. On this day, the mass kosovitsa of bread will begin in the Ahal, Lebap and Mary regions. A week later, on June 9, the Balkan and Dashoguz regions will join them.
The new city of Arkadag is being prepared for opening, at present, a mayor's office and subdivisions of state bodies have been created here, and their functioning is being established in a regular mode.
Ashgabat hosted the fourth meeting in the format of Special Representatives of the European Union and Central Asia for Afghanistan and the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Terhi Hakala.
The delegation of the World Trade Organization will visit Ashgabat on May 29-31. The upcoming meeting was discussed in Geneva on Friday by Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, Ambassador Atageldy Khaljanov and Director of the WTO Accession Department Maika Oshikawa, News Central Asia reports.
Days of Culture of Turkmenistan in Romania, which took place in the city of Constanta, ended on May 25, demonstrating the richest Turkmen culture, original world and unique folk flavor to the Romanian public.
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.
