On July 17, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin. The UN Under-Secretary-General thanked for the successful holding of the First Global Conference on Sustainable Transport and expressed the commitment to continue to cooperate with Turkmenistan in this direction. The Deputy Foreign Minis...

As part of the fulfillment of the tasks of the President of Turkmenistan to conduct international rally "Amul-Khazar 2018" at a high organizational level, as well as to promote and popularize the international rally, relevant events are being held in the country and abroad. On July 3, 2018, at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the People's Republic of China, on July 5, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, on July 9, in the multi-purpose Islamabad Club, the Embassy...

On July 6, 2018, in the second half of the day, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has left Ashgabat for the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation on a working visit. After three hours, the aircraft of the President has landed in Kazan International Airport decorated by the State Flags of Turkmenistan, Russian Federation and Tatarstan. Turkmen leader has been warmly welcomed by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov who invited the President of Tu...

On June 27, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey organized a ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to the great Turkmen poet Makhtumkuli Fragi in the park "Turkmenistan" of the city of Ankara, dedicated to the Day of the workers of culture and art, and also the poetry of Makhtumkuli Fragi, celebrated in the year of "Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road". Representatives of the diplomatic missions, working in Ankara, the heads of the Turkey-Turkmenistan F...

On June 23-25, 2018 Days of Culture of Turkmenistan were held in the People's Republic of China. The creative action was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan with the assistance of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Beijing. The event was attended by the representatives of government and public institutions of the People's Republic of China, the capital administration, research institutes, cultural figures, heads and staff of diplom...

On June 25, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), at the 38th session held in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the Joint Statement on encouraging the protection of cultural heritage along the Great Silk Road with a view to promote universal respect for cultural rights. The following 24 states along with Turkmenistan became the co-sponsors of this Joint Statement: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Canada, China, th...

On June 22, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with Rastislav Vrbensky, Deputy Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS countries, during which the issues of Turkmenistan's cooperation with UNDP were discussed. Noting the results of the international conference "Partnership for Financing Development at the Heart of the Great Silk Road", held on June 20-21, 2018 in Ashgabat, the Turkmen side expressed its full commitment to further stre...