The ceremony of signing the 2019 working plan drafted in the framework of the 2016-2020 Plan of Activities of the Country Programme on Cooperation between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) took place in the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the national parliament, the UNFPA, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan attended the ceremony. The documents were signed by the Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan and...

On the 4th of April 2019, a briefing dedicated to signing of bilateral documents with specialized agencies of the UN was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, in participation of the representatives of national and foreign mass media and press attachés of the embassies and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan. The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Elena Panova, UNDP R...

On the 4th of April 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia headed by the UNHCHR Regional Representative Richard Komendа, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties discussed further steps and opportunities of perfecting the working mechanisms in the sphere of cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN structures on human...

Being an active member of international relations, Turkmenistan systematically refines the base of international-legal documents.  Joining the main international-legal documents of the United Nations, including the sphere of human rights, Turkmenistan takes practical steps on the implementation of the clauses of these documents.  In this direction, the cooperation with authoritative international organizations, primarily the United Nations and its structural agencies is the priority course of ex...

On the 4th of April 2019 near the “Howdan-Bajgiran” region, a festive event took place in the framework of celebrating the International Day of Novruz organized jointly with the Islamic Republic of Iran.     From the Turkmen side, the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan and the Administration of Ahal region participated in the event.  From the Iranian side, the Vice-President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization of the Islamic Rep...

On April 3, 2019, the employees of the Embassy of Turkmenistan, with the support and direct participation of the Ukrainian-Turkmen Business Council at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, held a presentation on the First Caspian Economic Forum. The presentation was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, diplomats of the Embassies of the Caspian states - the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russ...

On May 15-16, Ashgabat will host the Forum of CIS Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia In accordance with the Action Plan on the implementation of the Concept of Turkmenistan’s Presidency over the CIS in 2019, with the aim to develop cooperation between the states, members of the CIS in the scientific, educational, cultural and humanitarian spheres, in the sphere of arts and creativity, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, authorizing the Ministry of Cu...