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...

Preamble Turkmenistan, as a member of the United Nations, sees it as a universal international body endowed with a mandate from the international community to preserve and strengthen international peace and security and ensure the sustainable development of all states and peoples. In this regard, during the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, Turkmenistan, together with other member states of the United Nations, will take a number of concrete practical steps aimed at strengthening the...

On August 26, 2019, the state visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Singapore has started. During the visit, the meetings of the Turkmen Leader with the President of the Republic of Singapore Mrs. Halimah Yacob and the Prime Minister of the country Mr. Lee Hsien Loong are envisioned.

Today, on August 21, a high level meeting was held in Nur-Sultan city in the format of «C5+1», which is a many-sided mechanism of the interaction between the five Central Asian states and the United States in the field of economy, ecology and security. The current session is attended by the heads of the MFA of the Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and David Hale, United States Under Secretary of States for political affairs.  The agenda of...

On August 21, 2019, a round table on discussing the impact of the Aral Sea crisis and environmental degradation on health and nutrition of mothers and children began in the capital of Turkmenistan. The event was organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan with the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. The round table was attended by heads and representatives of several ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the Ministry of Health...

On August 20, 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the CIS Executive Committee headed by the Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – Deputy Executive Secretary S.Ivanov who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit.  In the beginning of the meeting, the parties noted with satisfaction the systematic implementation of the actions in the framework of the Chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the Commonwealth of Independent St...