On the 9th of September 2019, the Ministerial meeting in the framework of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification under the slogan “Investing in land, Unlocking opportunities” has started in New Delhi, India.  The Prime-minister of India Mr.Narendra Modi and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Ms.Amina Mohammed took part in the opening ceremony where they have stated the major significance of carrying out the works on combat...

On September 3, 2019, the opening of the “Week of Korean Culture”, organized by the Ministry of Culture of our country together with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Turkmenistan, was held in the “Ashgabat” cinema hall. At the opening ceremony of the week of culture, the relevance of cultural exchange, the popularization of spiritual values ​​and creative heritage in strengthening peace and friendship, mutual enrichment of cultures and mutual understanding of the two peoples, and the e...

The Turkmen national team participated to the World Martial Arts Masterships that took place from August 27 till September 7 in Chungju (Republic of Korea) and was attended by more than 4000 athletes from 100 countries of the world.             In Jiu-Jitsu tournaments, our compatriots thrice became the awardees of the competitions.  The junior (third-year) student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Ms.Veronica Rous in the 63 kilos weight category and the junior (th...

On September 5, 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the CIS Executive Committee, headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – Executive Secretary V.A.Guminskiy, who has arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit.   The parties noted the effectiveness of cooperation and advancement of events in the framework of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the Commonwealth of Independent States in the present year.  The re...

In order to further development of bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates, effective organization of consular services provided to the population, and also in accordance with the law of Turkmenistan “On consular offices of Turkmenistan abroad”, on the 30th of August, 2019 the President of Turkmenistan signed a decree ordering the opening of a Consulate General of Turkmenistan in United Arab Emirates (Dubai city).

On August 29, 2019, the presentation of the UN Special Programme for the Aral Sea basin (UN SPAS) was held in the UN ESCAP headquarters during the Sixth Session of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction in the framework of the side event “Environment and Disasters: Closing the gap in the Asia and the Pacific region.” The official representatives of the UN member-states delegations, experts of the UN structural agencies working in Bangkok, as well as the representatives of the public organiz...

A telephone conversation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov was held on the 29th of August, during which the issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed. The parties highly appraised the outcomes of the First Caspian Economic Forum which was held in Turkmenbashy city on August11-12 of the current year.  Also, the heads of external policy agencies of the two countries exchanged views on...