On September 6, 2019 in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, the delegation of Turkmenistan met with the representatives of international organizations and structures specializing in the development of international trade and economic cooperation between the countries. The meetings were organized as part of the continuation of work to enhance cooperation between Turkmenistan and the World Trade Organization. In this context he delegation of Turkmenistan had held negotiations with the representati...

The second Regional Conference on the Right to Legal Identity and Prevention of Statelessness named “Leaving No One Behind at Birth” was held on September 5-6, 2019 in the city of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The Conference was organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in close coordination with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN Economic and Social Commission of Asia and Pa...

On September 5, 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the CIS Executive Committee, headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – Executive Secretary V.A.Guminskiy, who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit.   The parties noted the effectiveness of cooperation and advancement of events in the framework of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the Commonwealth of Independent States in the present year.  The re...

In order to further development of bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates, effective organization of consular services provided to the population, and also in accordance with the law of Turkmenistan “On consular offices of Turkmenistan abroad”, on the 30th of August, 2019 the President of Turkmenistan signed a decree ordering the opening of a Consulate General of Turkmenistan in United Arab Emirates (Dubai city).

On August 29, 2019, the presentation of the UN Special Programme for the Aral Sea basin (UN SPAS) was held in the UN ESCAP headquarters during the Sixth Session of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction in the framework of the side event “Environment and Disasters: Closing the gap in the Asia and the Pacific region.” The official representatives of the UN member-states delegations, experts of the UN structural agencies working in Bangkok, as well as the representatives of the public organiz...

A telephone conversation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov was held on the 29th of August, during which the issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed. The parties highly appraised the outcomes of the First Caspian Economic Forum which was held in Turkmenbashy city on August11-12 of the current year.  Also, the heads of external policy agencies of the two countries exchanged views on...

On August 28, 2019, a meeting of the Working Group on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the country was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, higher education institutions, mass media, as well as the key staff of the missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan took part in the meeting.  During th...