Turkmenistan continues to actively prepare for the Mejlis deputies’, the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshy members’ elections, upcoming on March 25. Nowadays the registration and nomination of candidates are proceeding. All electoral districts hold meetings of committees of the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party, as well as groups of citizens, in the course of which the best candidates are nominated for the National Parliament, local representat...

On February 13, 2018, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the format of a round table devoted to acquaintance with the activities of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) for 2018. The round table was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNRCCA. The round table was attended by the heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and representatives of internati...

On February 8, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the head of the delegation of the European Union in Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara), Mr. Christian Berger, who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the talks, an exchange of views took place on the successes achieved and prospects for further enhancing cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU. The sides discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperat...

On February 7, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the United Nations Population Fund headed by the Country Director Giulia Valiese who arrived to participate in a working meeting with relevant ministries and organizations to discuss the issues of Turkmenistan's joint cooperation with UNFPA for 2018 -2019 years. In light of the importance of Turkmenistan's priority areas of cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund, issu...

On February 1-2, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan B. Myatiev visited Zagreb to participate in the Turkmen-Croatian political consultations. During the visit, the Turkmen delegation was received by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Ms. Zdravko Busic. During Turkmen-Croatian political consulates, the sides discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the political-diplom...

On February 2, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the People's Republic of China headed by the Chairman of the Party Literature Research Office at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Mr. Leng Rong. Within the framework of the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the issues of bilateral cooperation; proposals were made for further building up the Turkmen-Chinese partnership. Speaking about the high level of co...

February 2 is the World Day of Wetlnds and held under the slogan “Wetlands for Urban Sustainable Development” this year. The signing of the Ramsar Convention is observed since 1997 by ecological actions including our country, which joined the Convention in 2008. It was noted in the State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources that the Convention is the first modern interstate agreement in protection and sustainable use of natural resources. It serves as the basis for national action...