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...

On August 29, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, Zh.A.Asanov, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission. The parties noted a high level of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other fields. At the end of the meeting, o...

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...

On August 28, 2019, a meeting of the Working Group on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the country was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, higher education institutions, mass media, as well as the key staff of the missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan took part in the meeting.  During th...

On August 26, 2019, the state visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Singapore has started. During the visit, the meetings of the Turkmen Leader with the President of the Republic of Singapore Mrs. Halimah Yacob and the Prime Minister of the country Mr. Lee Hsien Loong are envisioned.

During the period of August 25-27, 2019, the Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Governor of the Akhal region of Turkmenistan is participating to the exhibition of goods produced in the Akhal region of Turkmenistan which is taking place in the city of Meshhed of the Islamic Republic of Iran.   The high-level representatives of the state and private sectors of Iran and Turkmenistan, local companies and residents are participating to the exhibition.     During his speech at the opening c...

On August 22 - 25, 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Culture, paid a working visit to Changchun, Jilin Province, to participate in events related to the 12th EXPO on cooperation between China and Northeast Asia, as well as the in the framework of the EXPO exhibition "Akhal-Teke horses and the Silk Road", the exhibition of Turkmen-Chinese friendship and the Equestrian Culture Festival of Turkmenistan and China. During the visit to the city of Changchun, the...