On 4th of July, 2018, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s book “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road” in Turkish was introduced at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.      The General Secretary of the International Organization of Turkic Culture – Duisen Kaseinov and his delegation, academia members and students attended the presentation.      The General Secretary of the International Organization of...

On July 2-3, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, S.G. Berdimuhamedov was on a working visit to Vienna, Austria. Within the framework of this visit, the delegation of Turkmenistan had separate meetings with the UN Deputy Secretary General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Yuri Fedotov, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano, the Executive Secretary o...

On July 2, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Romania. The Romanian delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Teodor Melescanu. In accordance with the agenda of the consultations, the sides considered issues of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in all spheres, in particular, in the political and trade-economic areas of cooperation. In this regard, noti...

On June 28, 2018, at the joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reported on preparations for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), scheduled for July this year in New York. As is known, this month our country was elected to the membership of ECOSOC for the period of 2019-2021. By...

On June 23-25, 2018 Days of Culture of Turkmenistan were held in the People's Republic of China. The creative action was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan with the assistance of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Beijing. The event was attended by the representatives of government and public institutions of the People's Republic of China, the capital administration, research institutes, cultural figures, heads and staff of diplom...

On June 26, 2018, a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland in Turkmenistan (with residence in Helsinki) Mr. Niklas Lindqvist, who is completing his diplomatic work in Turkmenistan was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.          Congratulating Mr. Lindqvist on the successful completion of his mission, the Turkmen side noted the high level of cooperation in various areas. Noting the commitment to the all-round strengthening of constructive int...

On June 25, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), at the 38th session held in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the Joint Statement on encouraging the protection of cultural heritage along the Great Silk Road with a view to promote universal respect for cultural rights. The following 24 states along with Turkmenistan became the co-sponsors of this Joint Statement: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Canada, China, th...