On 21st of May, 2018 the 71st session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) began its work in Geneva. The delegation of Turkmenistan from the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan has been taking part in the above-mentioned session, which coincides with the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the World Health Organization. An important strategic platform for discussing topical health issues, on both regional and global levels, was opened by the President of the Swiss Confede...

Within the framework of the 30th session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), held in May 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, the delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V. S. Khadzhiev, took part on May 7, 2018 at the 3rd review of Turkmenistan. In the course of the above-mentioned event, the Turkmen side made a presentation on the main directions of Turkmenistan's policy to implement the commitments undertaken in the fiel...

When considering the issues of cooperation in the transport and logistics sphere, Turkmenistan attaches particular importance to the active participation of the United Nations in this work. Putting forward the initiative to establish a global dialogue on the transport issues, speaking during the International Forum “The Great Silk Road – towards new heights of development”, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said that we proceeded from the fact that today it was directly linked to the implement...

Turkmenistan is ready for substantive negotiations across all aspects of cooperation and use of the Turkmenbashi port by the landlocked countries of the region, said President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the International Forum “The Great Silk Road: Towards News Frontiers of Development”.  The construction of the Turkmenbashi International Seaport that was launched in August 2013 and completed today became an integral factor of the development of Turkmenistan’s maritime fleet.  The new po...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Head of International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations Babar Badat who arrived in Turkmenistan for the participation in International Conference ”The Great Silk Road. Toward New Level of Progress”. Having highly appreciated large-scale transformations in transport development , Babar Badat expressed the confidence that Turkmenistan would be important transport and transit centre of Eurasia. The Head of FIATA said that key logistic hub...

On May 2, 2018 in the Avaza Congress Center (Turkmenbashi city) the International Forum "The Great Silk Road - towards the New Frontiers of Development" was held. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov delivered a welcoming speech. Opening the meeting, President of Turkmenistan expressed profound gratitude to all participants for accepting the invitation to attend the International Forum “The Great Silk Road - Towards the New Frontiers of Development” and the opening of the Turkm...

On April 30, 2018, in Ashgabat, the High-Level Meeting "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia" was held, and the third phase of a joint project supporting the Joint Action Plan for Central Asia (SAP) was launched. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), with the participation of the UN Under-Secretary-General...