On November 13, 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) led by the Deputy Executive Secretary of this organization, Mr. Hongjoo Hahm, who arrived on a working visit to Turkmenistan. Noting the positive dynamics of the development of bilateral cooperation, the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations between Turkmenistan and ESCAP. Transport and energy s...

On November 10-11, 2017 in Samarkand, an international conference on security and sustainable development in Central Asia under the title "Central Asia: One Past and a Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity" as well as the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Central Asian states of the format "European Union - Central Asia" were held under the auspices of the United Nations. The delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minis...

The Research guidance centre on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which was recently opened in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, held the first training course that brought together the representatives of the Democratic and Agrarian political parties as well as the Party of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.  Among the trainers at the centre are the experts of the United Nations Organization, the UN Development...

The seminar of the Central Asia Regional Ecological Centre dedicated to the principles of integrated management of water resources had been organized in Ashkhabad. The event was organized under the chairing of our country in the IFAS and improvement of the potential of management link in water sphere.  The meeting was attended by the deputies of the Mejlis, specialists of the ministries of agriculture and water management, finances and economy, National Committee for hydrometeorology under th...

Regular 24th session of the Mejlis of the fifth convocation where number of laws and legal and regulatory acts have been adopted took place on the 4th of November, 2017. The deputies reviewed the draft Laws of Turkmenistan on Legal Protection of the Inventions and on Legal Protection of Industrial Samples, draft Laws on Amendments and Addendums of the Civil Code of Turkmenistan, on Amendments and Addendums of the Family Code of Turkmenistan, on Amendments and Addendums of the Law of Turkmenis...

The 39th session of the General conference of the UNESCO started in the headquarters of the organization in Paris. On October 30, 2017 at 202-nd session of the Executive Council of the organization, in accordance with the decision No. 202 EX/27 Part III, Turkmenistan was elected Vice-President of the General conference of the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO). This was the recognition of the success of active multi-vector foreign policy of President...

On November 2, 2017, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived with a two-day official visit to the Republic of Tajikistan. The Turkmen leader was greeted at the Dushanbe International Airport by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda and other officials. From the International Airport of Dushanbe, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov went to the Governmental residence reserved for him during the visit. Then the motorcade of the Turkmen leader procee...