On 29 June 2019 the opening ceremony of the tour of “Galkynysh” horse group took place in northeastern Jilin Province (Changchun). The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Lanjun, Chairman of the Council for the Development of National Trade of China, party and economic leaders at various levels of Jilin Province, heads of the organizing tour company Jilin Shengshi Totem Horse Calche Co. Ltd., representatives of the Federation of Entrepreneurs, art workers, actors, employees of the Foreign Af...

On the occasion of the Day of Makhtumkuli Fragi’s poetry, celebrated in the year of “Turkmenistan - Home of prosperity”, on June 28, 2019, a scientific conference was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey at the Bozok University in Yozgat city.  The conference was attended as honorary guests by the Governor of the region Yozgat K. Chakyr, the mayor of the city Yozgat J. Koce, the rector of the Bozok University A. Karadagh, as well as the professors and teachers of...

On 27 June 2019, in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected as a permanent member of the Council of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) during its 66th session. Turkmenistan was entered in the list of group “A” as the 157th member of this Council. The supreme body of UNCTAD is the Conference, which holds its ministerial-level sessions at least once every four years to determine the general directions of the policy and address issues...

During the period of May 27-31, 2019, the Seventy-fifth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.  The delegation headed by the Ombudsperson of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting.  It is an annual high-level meeting that functions as a universal platform for the countries of the Asia and the Pacific region that unites the heads of the governments, key officials and other regional social leaders for the exchange of views...

On 29 May 2019, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Resolution “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.” The key officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, representatives of a number of higher educational institutions of the country, heads and representa...

On 28 May 2019, the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held at the headquarters of the United Nations with participation of plenipotentiary representatives of the Organizations’ member-states.  The meeting adopted the Resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” initiated by Turkmenistan by consensus.  21 countries joined the co-sponsorship of the Resolution. Noting that the issue...

The sixth round of the High-level Political and Security Dialogue between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia took place on 28 May 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries, as well as the Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan as the guest of honor.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan in the Kingdom of Belgium. From the European Union, the Deputy Secretary-General for Politi...