On 9 April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has started in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat city. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, as well as the responsible representatives working in the sphere of healthcare from around 50 coun...

On 8 April 2019, a briefing was held in the premises of the United Nations representative office in Ashgabat for the representatives of mass media in the framework of upcoming High-Level Conference on Non-communicable diseases named “Meeting non-communicable diseases – targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” which is organized in Turkmenistan jointly with the World Health Organization. The representatives of the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Tur...

On 8 April 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the United Arab Emirates Serdarmammet Saparmammedovich Garajaev presented to President of the Republic of Iraq Barham Salih his credential letters as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Iraq (with the residence in Abu-Dhabi).

On 8 April 2019, the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan in UN Office at Geneva organised a briefing on the first Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held in Turkmenistan on 12 August 2019, at the the building of the United Nations Geneva Office. Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, as well as Ambassadors and representatives from other countries took part in the briefing, which was held in the Turkmen Room (Roo...

On 7 April 2019, the World Health Day was successfully celebrated in Turkmenistan. Numerous sport and physical culture activities including different competitions and contests were held in the country. Being a state that has turned into one of the centers of world level sport events, Turkmenistan is preparing to host yet another grand sports event.  Thus, according to the resolution of the Executive Committee of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), the World Sambo Championship will be h...

Today, on 6 April 2019, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Geneva organized a football championship among junior teams. The championship was dedicated to the month of mass sports and sports-recreational activities, held under the motto «Health and Happiness». At the opening ceremony of the championship, the Ambassador, the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to Geneva Mr. Atageldi Haljanov, noted that the event, which has become an annual tradition at the initiative of President Gurbangul...

On 4 April 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia headed by the UNHCHR Regional Representative Richard Komendа, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties discussed further steps and opportunities of perfecting the working mechanisms in the sphere of cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN structures on human rights. ...