On May 18-19, 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly took place in a video conference format. The session was attended by ministers and deputy ministers of health of WHO Member States, leaders and representatives of the WHO system. At the event, the Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan and the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva. At the opening of the meeting, the Director-General of the World Healt...

On May 15, 2020, a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat. During the session, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution “On the entry of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization as an observer.” In accordance with the Document, immediately today, the Turkmen side sent the application letter on the accession to the World Trade Organization as an observer to the Director-General of the WTO.  In line with the WTO proced...

On May 14, 2020, the online presentation of the regional initiative of the International Organization for Migration entitled “New Horizons of Cooperation amid COVID-19 Pandemic” was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the MFA, State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of the IOM member states from Central Asia, Russia and Europe, IOM experts, and donor organizations took part in the event.  The presentation session was...

On the 13th of May, a telephone conversation was held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Co-chairman of the Russian side of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission for Economic Cooperation Alexei Overchuk. During the talk, the parties discussed the implementation of agreements attained in the result of the telephone conversation of the Presidents o...

On May 13, 2020, an online meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Lassina Zerbo took place. During the meeting, the parties discussed key areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the CTBTO. The constructive nature of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy activities, in particular on disarmament and non-proliferation issues, was emphasized. The...

13, 2020, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan S.Umurzakov. The meeting was held in a video conference format. During a constructive conversation, the parties noted the high level of interstate relations between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, based on the principles of traditiona...

On May 13, 2020, a video conference was held under the chairmanship of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey, Head of Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK) Nail Olpak, the Chairman of the Turkmen-Turkish Business Council Khalil Avci and its members. The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Turkey, the Consul General in Istanbul and representatives of the Embassy. At the meeting the sides discussed the events to be held in Turkmenistan and abroa...