On July 9, 2018 High-level Dialogue of the European Union-Central Asia and Afghanistan on issues of politics and security has been held in Ashgabat. The meeting was held at the level of deputy foreign ministers. The delegation of the European Union at the meeting was headed by Jean Christophe Belliard, Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the European External Relations Service. The agenda of the meeting included issues of countering international and regional threats to secur...

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 July 5, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to discuss the National Plan of Action for the implementation of children's rights in Turkmenistan for the period 2018-2022 in the light of sustainable development goals and national priorities in ensuring the well-being of children. Representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan, headed by the head of the mission, Ms. Shahin Nilofer, as well as officials of relevant ministri...

On July 4-5, 2018, a delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S.G. Berdimuhamedov was in the city of Geneva on a working visit. Within the framework of this visit, meetings were held with the UN Under-Secretary-General, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ms. Olga Algaerova, with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, with the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parl...

On July 5, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan devoted to the issues of familiarization with the international car rally (Turkmen Desert Race) "Amul - Khazar 2018" in Turkmenistan. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in conjunction with the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and the Motor Sport Federation of Turkmenistan. The briefing w...

On June 28, 2018, at the joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reported on preparations for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), scheduled for July this year in New York. As is known, this month our country was elected to the membership of ECOSOC for the period of 2019-2021. By...

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...