On the 29th of July 2019, succeeding political consultations between the external policy agencies of Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates took place in the city of Abu Dhabi.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs B.G.Matiyev.  The delegation of the UAE was led by the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs Khalifa Shaheen Khalifa Almarar.     During the talks, the parties discussed current issues of...

A solemn opening ceremony of the railway section with a length of 10 kilometers built in the Akina settlement of the Islamic Republic of Aghanistan in assistance of the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as the foundation laying ceremony of the new railway branch Akina-Andhoy, which length is 35 km, took place on the 25th of July 2019.  The heads of transport and industrial agencies of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, hakims, honored elders, representatives of the mass media and local population p...

Today, on July 24, 2019, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which the Turkmen leader cordially congratulated the head of Uzbekistan on his birthday and wished him good health, inexhaustible courage and success in all his large-scale undertakings. Thanking for the congratulations and kind words, the President of Uzbekistan noted with satisfaction the progressive n...

On the 24th of July 2019, a working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the preliminary outcomes of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to New York on July 16-20, 2019, during which the presentation of the Voluntary National Review on implementing the SDGs in Turkmenistan took place. The heads and staff members of the MFA of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting. During the working session, the preliminary results of the presentation of...

Turkmenistan’s achievements in immunization have received high recognition by UNICEF. On the 29th of July, 2019, at the international health conference, UNICEF Representative in Turkmenistan Ms. Christine Weigand presented an award letter to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry for sustaining high immunization rates through the government-financed National Immunization Programme.   “We congratulate Turkmenistan on this milestone. We look forward to continuing our long-standing and frui...

On July 20, 2019, the International Exhibition “Health 2019” opened at the Expocenter of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, within the framework of which a scientific conference on the development of the medical sphere is held. The opening ceremony of the forum began with performances by creative groups that gave a festive mood to the event. Heads of the ministries and sectoral departments of Turkmenistan, representatives of international organizations, the media and foreig...

On 19 July 2019, the 29th meeting of the Council on Healthcare Cooperation of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in the “Archabil” Hotel of Ashgabat. The heads and representatives of the ministries and profile agencies working in the healthcare sphere of the CIS member states, as well as the specialists of the WHO European Regional Office, structural agencies of the UN and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent participated at the meeting. In the beginning...