In Ashgabat took place a meeting of the expert group of the project on strengthening industrial safety in Central Asia in the context of the UNECE Convention on the “Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents”. The project is aimed at strengthening the region's potential in the event of transboundary industrial accidents. The implementation of the project is conducted through financial support of the Russian Federation, which also provides expertise in developing and improving relevant legisl...

Turkmenistan successfully develops relations of friendship and constructive cooperation, both in bilateral and multilateral formats, in the context of implementing the Concept of the Foreign Policy Course for 2017-2023.  A telling example of that are the outcomes of foreign visits that were made during the reporting period by the head of state, as well as of the visits to Turkmenistan by several foreign heads of state and leaders of reputable international organizations, including the UN Secr...

On January 25, 2018, the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting of the Council for the Management of the Joint Project of the Academy and the United Nations Development Program. At the meeting, the results of the project's implementation in 2017 were considered, and priority areas for cooperation with UNDP in 2018 were identified. As is known, the project, designed for 2017-2019, is aimed at rendering assistance in such areas as working out the plans for th...

On January 24, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Turkmenistan Mr. T.V.Nagendra Prasad, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Ambassador expressed his sincere gratitude to the Turkmen side for the assistance and support of the Embassy's activities over these years. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects of bilater...

On January 24, 2018 in the Palace of Mukams of the State Cultural Center the solemn ceremony of opening Days of culture of the Republic of Belarus in Turkmenistan was held. This action is timed to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations. A representative delegation of artists and workers of culture of Belarus arrived in Ashgabat to hold a creative forum. Heads and workers of culture, students of higher educational institutions of the capital, officers of th...

On January 21-23, 2018, under the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Turkmen delegation paid a working visit to London for the next round of bilateral political consultations and participation in the sixth meeting of the Turkmen-British Trade and Industry Council. On January 21, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan met with the Minister of State for European and Americas Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Alan Duncan. During...

On January 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) headed by the President of the Federation Oleg Matytsin, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. The sides discussed the issues of expanding further bilateral cooperation in the field of student sports, and also spoke for the expediency of direct contacts between FISU and the relevant sports structures of Turkmenistan, in...