On September 23, 2019, a ceremony was held at the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry for awarding a certificate of the World Health Organization confirming the status of the National Influenza Center as a reference laboratory for Virology as part of the Center for Public Health and Nutrition with inclusion in the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System. The WHO certificate was awarded by the head of the organization’s country office, Ms. Paulina Karvowska. The ceremony was...

On September 23, 2019, the 22nd Conference of the Humanitarian Association of the World Turkmens was held in Ashgabat. The forum was attended by representatives of the Turkmen Diasporas, ethnic Turkmen from other countries working in our country, as well as delegates from all regions of the country. Prior to the start of the HAWT conference, its delegates took part in the grand opening of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the celebration of the 28th anniver...

On 23 September 2019, the Climate Action Summit was held in New-York in the framework of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly upon the initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The member-states’ delegations of different levels who have arrived to New-York to attend the high-level meetings of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly have participated to the abovementioned event. The high-ranking delegation of Turkmenistan has also attended this...

The National Strategy of Turkmenistan on Climate Change has been adopted and presently serves as the main national document on the implementation of activities in the area of climate change.     The National Strategy of Turkmenistan on Climate Change reflects the national viewpoint of the issues related to the climate change and acts as a basis for developing and implementing the state policy of Turkmenistan in the area of climate change and its impacts. The worsening of global climate change...

On September 23, 2019, at the UN headquarters in New York, with the adoption of the political Declaration in the field of health, the first of the five main summits of the High Level Week began, which was held under the motto “Universal Health Coverage: moving together to build a healthier world”. The delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan took part in the summit on the Universal coverage of health services from the Turkmen side. After the o...

On September 19, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Consul-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mary city Rasoul Jafari.     During the meeting, the parties noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Iran. The diplomats spoke about the political, trade-economic and humanitarian component of bilateral ties. The effectiveness of collaboration between the regions of Mary and Khorasan-e-Razavi was underlined, particularly i...

Upon the invitation of the Russian side, starting from September 2019 the Turkmen language teacher Resul Shadjiyev arrived to the Astrakhan region and started to teach the Turkmen language to the students of the general education school named after Makhtumkuli Fraghi situated in the Funtovo village of the Privolzhskiy district of the Astrakhan region.      The teaching of Turkmen language in the Astrakhan region has started for the first time. The residents of the Funtovo village where the et...