On July 18, 2018 in the afternoon, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov made a presentation at the general debate of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. In his speech, he noted the effective integration of SDGs and associated tasks into national development strategies of Turkmenistan, taking into account local peculiarities and priorities. He also took part in the event entitled "Improving Sustainability by Achieving th...

On July 18, 2018 a seminar aimed at raising awareness and strengthening the capacity of the consular services of the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan in the field of planning and responding to emergencies started its work in Ashgabat in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The seminar was organized by the Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Represe...

On July 17, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin. The UN Under-Secretary-General thanked for the successful holding of the First Global Conference on Sustainable Transport and expressed the commitment to continue to cooperate with Turkmenistan in this direction. The Deputy Foreign Minis...

On July 16, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council on "Transformations towards a sustainable and resilient society". Opening the forum, the Chairperson of ECOSOC Maria Chatardova noted that seventy-one percent of the world's population has ac...

At the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk, at a meeting of the Council of Permanent representatives of the CIS member states, the participants got acquainted with the preparations for holding the international car rally "Amul-Khazar 2018" (Turkmen Desert Race) in Turkmenistan. The permanent plenipotentiary representatives of the CIS member states were introduced to the new rally included in the sports calendar of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Turkmenistan's sporting achievement...

An OSCE-organized national seminar on professional integrity and ethical standards in law enforcement took place on 12 and 13 July 2018 in Ashgabat. Officials from the national security, interior, justice and defense ministries, the Supreme Court, the State Service to Combat Economic Crimes, the State Migration Service and other law enforcement bodies of Turkmenistan participated in the event. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the seminar to contribute to an enhanced understanding of prof...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is on vacation on the Caspian coast, got acquainted with the preparations for the International rally "Amul-Khazar 2018", having inspected the progress of the work carried out at the final stage of the motor racing track.  On July 11, 2018, early in the morning, the head of state arrived at the start of the final stretch of the route of the upcoming rally. Here the head of state was met by representatives of the media. After welcoming the media, the...