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OSCE trains Turkmenistan’s IT students in responsible use of Artificial Intelligence
Some sixty IT students and faculty members learnt about potential challenges of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) during an OSCE-organized lecture session that took place on 23 October 2025 at the Turkmen Institute of Telecommunications and...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE launches training series on combating money laundering through virtual assets in Turkmenistan
A two-day OSCE workshop in Ashgabat on 21 and 22 October brought together 27 regulators, supervisory authorities, prosecutors, investigators, representatives of commercial banks, and other professionals to address money-laundering risks linked to...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Ilham Aliyev met with Chairman of Turkmenistan’s Halk Maslahaty in Gabala
AZERBAIJAN, October 7 - 07 October 2025, 12:15 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, on October 7 in Gabala. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov conveyed...
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Foundation stone for mosque to be built in Fuzuli by Turkmenistan laid online
AZERBAIJAN, October 7 - 07 October 2025, 16:20 On October 7, in Gabala, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and other heads of state and government...
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Turkmenistan’s energy experts explore technological parks during an OSCE-supported study visit to Italy
Representatives of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan discussed best practices of establishing technological energy parks during an OSCE-organized study visit to Milan, Italy, that took place from 22 to 24 September 2025. The experts from...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat holds youth training on media and information literacy to effectively prevent and counter violent extremism
On 24 and 25 September 2025, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, with support from the OSCE Secretariat’s Action Against Terrorism Unit, held a training course on media and information literacy in preventing and countering violent extremism and...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE promotes women’s entrepreneurship at a seminar on circular economy in Turkmenistan
Circular economy with a focus on the role and opportunities of women’s entrepreneurship was discussed at an OSCE supported seminar that took place in Ashgabat on 18 and 19 September 2025. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the event to present...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Envoy Hakala concludes visits to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan
VIENNA/HELSINKI, 18 September 2025 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Envoy, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, has concluded her official visit to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The aim of the visit was to strengthen OSCE partnerships in...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
National trainers deliver a course on media literacy organized by the OSCE in Turkmenistan
An OSCE-organized training course on media literacy for representatives of Turkmenistan’s national media and state institutions of the National Human Rights Action Plan for 2021-2025 took place on 16 and 17 September 2025. The training course was...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE seminar addresses implementation of OSCE Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures in Turkmenistan
From 2 to 5 September 2025, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat hosted a national seminar on the implementation of OSCE Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures. The four-day seminar brought together twenty mid- and senior...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE organizes course on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism for students in Turkmenistan
An OSCE-organized training course on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for students from Turkmenistan’s institutions of higher education took place in a hybrid format from 1 to 5 September 2025. Organized by...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Envoy Hakala to visit Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
VIENNA/HELSINKI, 5 September 2025 — The Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Envoy, Terhi Hakala, will visit Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan from 8 to 16 September to meet with high-level government officials and civil society. The aim of the...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE-supported course strengthens national capacity in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Turkmenistan
An-OSCE supported training course on strategic analysis in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism took place in Ashgabat from1 to 4 September 2025. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the four-day event in close co-operation with...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Turkmenistan’s leader urges transition to hydrogen energy
(MENAFN) Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has put forward a proposal to establish an international program aimed at advancing the transition to hydrogen energy between 2030 and 2040. Speaking at the Third United Nations Conference on...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Turkmenistan Hosts UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
(MENAFN) The third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC) has officially commenced in Turkmenistan’s Awaza National Tourist Zone. Running through August 8, this marks the first LLDC gathering since the 2014 conference in Vienna,...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Ilham Aliyev arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit
AZERBAIJAN, August 22 - President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit on August 22, at the invitation of Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. A guard of honour...
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Speech by Ilham Aliyev at the high-level meeting between Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan
AZERBAIJAN, August 22 - - Dear Gurbanguly Malikgulyyevich. Dear Shavkat Miromonovich. First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my brother, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Malikgulyyevich Berdimuhamedov, for the...
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