13:50, 19 February 2014 | GMT +5
Turkmenistan Consulate opens its doors in Aktau
AKTAU. KAZINFORM The Consulate of Turkmenistan has opened today in Aktau, Kazakhstan.

"Last November President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov decreed to open the Turkmen Consulate in Aktau. Today we are flying the national flag here. It is deeply symbolic for us because today, February 19, we celebrate the Flag Day in Turkmenistan. The opening of the Consulate will strengthen cultural - humanitarian and economic relations between our countries, facilitate solution of legal problems of the Kazakh and Turkmen people," Turkmen Consul to Aktau Maksat Dovdanov said addressing those gathered. "The Consulate will contribute to cooperation, increase in sales and widening of cultural ties between our nations," deputy governor of Mangystau region Rakimbek Amirzhanov said in his turn.