On the 28th of September 2019, the delegation headed by Deputy Сhairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov started its working visit to New York City, USA, to participate in the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In the course of the visit it is expected that Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov will deliver a speech at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where the priorities of Turkmenis...

On September 26, 2019, the solemn ceremony of giving the passports to the people who were granted Turkmen citizenship was held in the State Migration Service. As is known, during the regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via digital video communication on September 20, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Decree on the granting Turkmen citizenship to 863 people. Representatives of 14 nationalities received passports, more than half of the people who were granted citizenship – women and...

On September 25, 2019, the second session of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan chaired by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held in the “Rukhiyet” Palace of Ashgabat city. The members of the Government, head and deputies of the Parliament (Mejlis), elders, state employees of social-economic and cultural-humanitarian sphere, workers of the villages and regions of the country, chiefs of diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan accredited abroad, as well as the representa...

On September 23, 2019, at the UN headquarters in New York, with the adoption of the political Declaration in the field of health, the first of the five main summits of the High Level Week began, which was held under the motto “Universal Health Coverage: moving together to build a healthier world”. The delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan took part in the summit on the Universal coverage of health services from the Turkmen side. After the o...

The National Strategy of Turkmenistan on Climate Change has been adopted and presently serves as the main national document on the implementation of activities in the area of climate change.      The National Strategy of Turkmenistan on Climate Change reflects the national viewpoint of the issues related to the climate change and acts as a basis for developing and implementing the state policy of Turkmenistan in the area of climate change and its impacts. The worsening of global climate change...

Upon the invitation of the Russian side, starting from September 2019 the Turkmen language teacher Resul Shadjiyev arrived to the Astrakhan region and started to teach the Turkmen language to the students of the general education school named after Makhtumkuli Fraghi situated in the Funtovo village of the Privolzhskiy district of the Astrakhan region.      The teaching of Turkmen language in the Astrakhan region has started for the first time. The residents of the Funtovo village where the et...

On September 19, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Consul-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mary city Rasoul Jafari.     During the meeting, the parties noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Iran. The diplomats spoke about the political, trade-economic and humanitarian component of bilateral ties. The effectiveness of collaboration between the regions of Mary and Khorasan-e-Razavi was underlined, particularly i...