On the 7th of April 2019, the World Health Day was successfully celebrated in Turkmenistan. Numerous sport and physical culture activities including different competitions and contests were held in the country. Being a state that has turned into one of the centers of world level sport events, Turkmenistan is preparing to host yet another grand sports event.  Thus, according to the resolution of the Executive Committee of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), the World Sambo Championship...

Upon instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, on April 4-6, 2019, a delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was in Moscow to participate in the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States. During the visit to Moscow, the delegation of Turkmenistan held a number of official and work meetings. During the official meeting with V.Chuichenko, Dep...

On April 6, 2019 the International Forum "International Day of Sport - for Development and Peace" was held in the conference hall of the National Institute of Sport and Tourism of Turkmenistan. The forum was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Policy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the National Institute of Sport and Tourism, the National Olympic Committee, heads of representative offices of international organizations working in the country, as we...

On the 4th of April 2019 near the “Howdan-Bajgiran” region, a festive event took place in the framework of celebrating the International Day of Novruz organized jointly with the Islamic Republic of Iran.     From the Turkmen side, the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan and the Administration of Ahal region participated in the event.  From the Iranian side, the Vice-President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization of the Islamic Rep...

On the 4th of April 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia headed by the UNHCHR Regional Representative Richard Komendа, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties discussed further steps and opportunities of perfecting the working mechanisms in the sphere of cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN structures on human...

On May 15-16, Ashgabat will host the Forum of CIS Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia In accordance with the Action Plan on the implementation of the Concept of Turkmenistan’s Presidency over the CIS in 2019, with the aim to develop cooperation between the states, members of the CIS in the scientific, educational, cultural and humanitarian spheres, in the sphere of arts and creativity, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, authorizing the Ministry of Cu...

On the 29th of March 2019, the successive 11th session of the Dialogue on Human Rights between Turkmenistan and European Union was held in Ashgabat.    The delegation of EU was headed by B.Iarochevitch, Head of Central Asian Division of European External Action Service.  From the Turkmen side, the Authorized Representative for human rights – Ombudsmen of Turkmenistan, representatives of the Parliament (Mejlis), Supreme Court, as well as the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...