On February 28, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, within the framework of the Annual High-level Segment of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, a joint side event was held entitled "Developing human rights in Central Asian countries: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan in the framework 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, initiated by Turkmen side. The Ombudsman of Turkmenistan Y.Gurbannazarova, Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan R.Davletov, Director of the N...

On February 28, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov received the delegation of the People's Republic of China headed by the Head of the State Administration of the People's Republic of China for Energy Mr. Nuer Baikeli. Within the framework of the meeting, the sides exchanged views on a number of key areas of fruitful cooperation, built on a long-term basis and responding to mutual interests. The sides also noted the high level of partnership achieved in the prior...

On February 28, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov had a meeting with the Russian delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation  E. Astrakhantseva in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the conversation, the sides discussed the current state and prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation in the political, diplomatic and trade and economic fields. Speaking about active political dialo...

International Airport was opened with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Turkmenabat, the administration centre of Lebap Velayat. New airport is designed not only to satisfy growing needs of the eastern region in air traffic but also to highlight the status of the city on Amudarya River that currently turns into big industrial cluster of Turkmenistan. The Chairperson of the Mejlis, Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, leaders of military and law enforcement ag...

On February 22, 2018, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, during the 80th session of the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Turkmenistan was elected a member of the Bureau of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee for the period 2019-2020. The Inland Transport Committee (ITC) is the highest policy-making body of the UNECE in the field of transport. Together with its subsidiary bodies, the ITC has provided a pan-European inte...

On February 23, 2018 commissioning of the Serhetabat–Torghundi railway took place as one of events dedicated to the ground-breaking ceremony of the new section of the TAPI pipeline and laying of electric power and fiber-optic lines along the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan route. The celebration was attended by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shahid...

On February 23, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul on the main aspects of Turkmenistan's foreign policy and prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, heads of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum "Central Asia-Korea", the Association of Friendship between the Republic of Korea and Central Asian countries, representatives of higher educ...