On July 19, 2018, within the framework of the ongoing visit of the Turkmen delegation to New York at UN Headquarters, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. A. Guterres noted close and constructive cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN in different directions. He stressed the role of Turkmenistan in security issues, refugees, migration, and Turkmenistan’s support of the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy...

On July 18, 2018, official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the main initiatives of Turkmenistan in the field of transport at a regular meeting of the OSCE Committee on Economic and Environmental Affairs. The statement noted that on December 20, 2017, on the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Resolution "Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals" was adopted at the 72nd session of the UN General A...

On July 19, 2018, a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Turkmenistan Mr. Murad Ashraf Janjua, who is completing his diplomatic work in Turkmenistan, was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side congratulated Mr. Ambassador on the successful completion of his mission; the sides also exchanged views on current state of relations and discussed the further intensification of cooperation between Turkmenis...

On July 18, 2018 in the afternoon, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov made a presentation at the general debate of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. In his speech, he noted the effective integration of SDGs and associated tasks into national development strategies of Turkmenistan, taking into account local peculiarities and priorities. He also took part in the event entitled "Improving Sustainability by Achieving th...

On July 18, 2018, at the UNDP headquarters in New York, the Permanent mission of Turkmenistan, in collaboration with the Permanent missions of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, organized a presentation on the theme: "Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline: New Energy Great Silk Road for Access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all ". A photo exhibition for the TAPI project was organized for the participants of the event. The Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy...

On July 17, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin. The UN Under-Secretary-General thanked for the successful holding of the First Global Conference on Sustainable Transport and expressed the commitment to continue to cooperate with Turkmenistan in this direction. The Deputy Foreign Minis...

On July 18, 2018 a seminar aimed at raising awareness and strengthening the capacity of the consular services of the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan in the field of planning and responding to emergencies started its work in Ashgabat in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The seminar was organized by the Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Represe...