On June 13, 2018, at the 96th meeting of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Turkmenistan was elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2019-2021. The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations, which coordinates the activities of the UN, its specialized agencies and organizations in the economic, social, health and educational spheres. ECOSOC was established in 1946 by the Charter of the United Nations an...

On June 12, 2018, the two-day International Conference "Science, Techniques and Innovative Technologies", timed to the Day of Science, started its work in Ashgabat. Scientists, teachers and young specialists from Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of scientific circles from more than thirty countries, including Russia, USA, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bangladesh, Turkey, Iran, Finland, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhs...

On June 11, 2018, the third meeting of the Turkmen-Croatian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation had been held in Zagreb. The commission was attended by the heads and representatives of the leading ministries and industry departments, as well as representatives of business circles of the two states. The agenda of the forum included a wide range of issues touching various areas of bilateral cooperation. The parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached afte...

On 11 June 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov had a meeting with the new director of the country office of the World Health Organization in Turkmenistan, Dr. Paulina Karvovska. During the meeting, the new director was acquainted with the main activities of Turkmenistan in the field of health care. The Turkmen side positively assessed the cooperation of Turkmenistan and WHO on various diseases and noted the great achievements that Turkmenistan achieved in the fiel...

On June 11, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zambia in Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Mr. Shadrek C. Luwita, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. Presenting copies of his credentials to the representative of the Turkmen side, Ambassador Luwita expressed his full readiness to make the necessary efforts to bring the bilateral relations to a new level of cooper...

On June 8, 2018 a round table in on the issues of freedom of religion was held in the building of the National Institute of Democracy and Law under the President of Turkmenistan. Representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Adalat (Justice) of Turkmenistan, the Muftiyat of Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of various religious organizations took part in the dialogue. Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan addressed the opening c...

On June 8, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to Saudi Arabia, Mr. Mamadou Sano, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the exchange of views on strengthening cooperation, the sides discussed the possibilities of developing cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. The prospects of further cooperation with...