On the 9th of September 2019, the meeting of the Ambassadors of SPECA states was held in “Turkmenistan” working room of the United Nations Office in Geneva with the aim of discussing the issues related to the upcoming SPECA events to take place in November 2019 in the framework of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the SPECA Governing Council and Economic Forum in 2019.       In the beginning of the session, The UNECE Executive Secretary Ms.O.Algaerova shared the issues raised during her recent v...

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...

During the consecutive session of the OSCE Permanent Council held on the 5th of September 2019, the Delegation of Turkmenistan at the OSCE made an official statement on the outcomes of the First Caspian Economic Forum that took place in Turkmenbashy city on August 11-12, 2019.     It was noted in the statement that President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Heads of the Governments of the Caspian states have participated to the work of the Forum.   Also, the Prime-ministers 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...

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...