On July 5, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan devoted to the issues of familiarization with the international car rally (Turkmen Desert Race) "Amul - Khazar 2018" in Turkmenistan. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in conjunction with the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and the Motor Sport Federation of Turkmenistan. The briefing w...

On June 28, 2018, at the joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reported on preparations for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), scheduled for July this year in New York. As is known, this month our country was elected to the membership of ECOSOC for the period of 2019-2021. By...

On June 25, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), at the 38th session held in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the Joint Statement on encouraging the protection of cultural heritage along the Great Silk Road with a view to promote universal respect for cultural rights. The following 24 states along with Turkmenistan became the co-sponsors of this Joint Statement: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Canada, China, th...

20 June 2018, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan In conjunction with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) nationalization process in Turkmenistan, the United Nations Development Programme and the State Bank for Economic Affairs (TFEB) are working to improve the access of Turkmenistan to international financing and to improve its capacity to deliver and manage such financing streams effectively. As part of the joint initiative, on June 20, 2018, UNDP and TFEB held International Financing for Develo...

On May 16-17, 2018 in Ashgabat in the conference hall of the “Grand Turkmen” hotel the 1st meeting of the Regional Working Group for the development of the "Program of Action to Assist the Countries of the Aral Sea Basin" (ASBP-4) and "Improvement of Institutional-Legal mechanisms" was organized by the Executive Committee of IFAS with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and with the support of the Regional Program "Transboundary Water Resources Management in Central...

On May 18, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov visited Astrakhan Region. On arrival in the city of Astrakhan, Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov met with the Governor of the Astrakhan Region A. Zhilkin. During the meeting, the sides discussed cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, transport, shipbuilding, education and science. It was stressed that in recent years relati...

On April 30, 2018, the 8th meeting of the Turkmen-German working group on trade and economic cooperation was held in the building of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy of Germany. The Turkmen delegation, headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Ch.Gylydzhov, arrived in Germany to take part in its work. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the ministries and departments, as well as business associations and business circles of the two st...