On November 5, 2020, a meeting of representatives of the National Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Toru Kobayashi, the Head of NOC Services and Relations for the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee was held. The main topic of the meeting was the preparation to the  Tokyo-2020 Summer Olympic Games, which were postponed to 2021 due to the global pandemic COVID-19. In particular, the preparation of Turkmen athletes for Tokyo-2020 was discussed. In this conte...

In his address to President of Turkmenistan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulated the Turkmen leader on the upcoming 25th anniversary of neutrality of Turkmenistan and noted that the Olympic Council of Asia accepted the proposal of Turkmenistan to host the General Assembly of Olympic Commission of Asia in 2023-2025 and the sessions of the OCA E...

The State Migration Service of Turkmenistan and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held online briefing on the anniversary of global #iBelong Campaign to End Statelessness. Representatives of the State News Agency of Turkmenistan (TDH), the State Committee on Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography, the State Publishing Service, newspapers and magazines, as well as the country's official websites were invited to participate in the online meeting....

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held regular session of the State Security Council. Outcomes of work carried out by military and law enforcement agencies for ten months of the year have been discussed, future plans for improvement of their activity have been outlined and matters of further strengthening of equipment and facility base have been reviewed at the session. First, Defence Ministers B. Gun...

On instructions from President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the first meeting of the Turkmenistan National Commission for UNESCO (held on November 2) discussed a draft Joint Action Plan for 2021-2023 and new proposals concerning the inscription of Turkmen traditions on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Among them are three unique national schools of Akhalteke horse breeding, of Alabay dog breeding, and of the dutar, which is a distinctive brand of T...

Today, on the 3rd of November, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met via video communication with the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Deborah Lyons. The parties noted the high level of multiyear cooperation of Turkmenistan with UNAMA since the establishment of the Mission. The positive results and acceleration of collaborati...

On November 2, 2020, the delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs held talks with the participants of the Intra-Afghan peaceful dialogue in the capital of Qatar, Doha. In particular, during the meeting with the representatives of the “Taliban” movement who are part of the delegation at negotiations, the Turkmen side has noted that Turkmenistan supports the Intra-Afghan negotiations on the reestablishment of peace in Afghanistan, and expresses confidence in the...