On December 18, 2019, in the Turkmenistan Hall of the UN Geneva Branch, a meeting of SPECA Ambassadors was held to discuss the outcome of the "SPECA Days" of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), which took place on November 18-21 this year in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) O. Algaerova, Representative of the Visegrad Foundation, Ambassadors and diplomats of SPECA countries,...

On December 18, 2019, multilateral consultations on the development of the United Nations Special Program for the Aral Sea Basin (UN SPAS) were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the consultations the participants discussed the issues of the current status and experience of cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and noted documents, signed between two Organizations. The speakers underlined that the United Nations...

On December 17, 2019, within the framework of the First Global Refugee Forum, a delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan had a meeting with the Director General of this organization Antonio Vitorino in the Central Building of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). During the meeting, the parties noted the positive practice of cooperation between Turkmenistan and IOM. It was especially noted that the issues of ensuring the rights of refugees...

On December 17, 2019, in the town of Turgundi of the province of Herat of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, celebrations were held on the occasion of the transfer of powerful electric power equipment for the needs of the economy of a friendly country. In accordance with a document signed by the President of Turkmenistan in November of this year, a transformer of 220/110/10 kV with a capacity of 125 MW and auxiliary equipment are transferred to the Afghan side as humanitarian aid. This will...

A delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan takes part in the First Global Refugee Forum, which takes place on December 17 - 18, 2019 at the UN Geneva office. The forum is attended by the heads of several states, international organizations, experts, representatives of non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of enterprises and companies. The UN Secretary General A. Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees F. Grande, Advisor to th...

Today, on December 16, 2019, the signing ceremony of the joint program with the UN under the title: "Improving the social protection system by introducing inclusive quality social services at the local level" took place. From the Turkmen side, the document was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov. On behalf of the UN, the document was signed by the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Elena Panova. This project provides for active work to further improve the syste...

On December 14, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V. Khadzhiev, took part in the annual meeting of Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries in Tashkent. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues related to the development of comprehensive cooperation in the region, interaction within the framework of international organizations, and exchanged views on relevant topics of the global agenda. The agenda of t...