On June 14, 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation, headed by Nicolas Fleury, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations coordinator for Europe and Central Asia, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting there was a brief overview of the current activities of the ICRC in the world and around the region. Then the sides exchanged their views on the global and regional issues of hum...

On June 13, 2019 there was a ceremony in Paris of presenting the accreditation letter to the Director-General of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ms. Audrey Azoulay by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan S.Jumaev, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UNESCO. After the presentation ceremony there was a short meeting of Ambassador S.Jumaev with the Director-General of the UNESCO. Ambassador of Turkmenistan passed to Ms. Au...

In accordance with the Cooperation Programme between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Armenia for 2018-2019, during the period of June 6-7, 2019, the first Turkmen-Armenian consultations on consular issues on the level of the heads of the consular services of the external policy agencies were held in the city of Yerevan.   During the consultations, the parties thoroughly discussed a number of consular issues presenting mutual interest.  According to the ag...

On June 6, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a regular video conference meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country. During the meeting, the vice-premiers reported on the results of the work on the development of the national economy over five months of the current year. The Leader of Turkmenistan noted that all adopted social programs are being successfully implemented, and GDP growth remains at a high level of 6.2 percent. In accordance with the adopte...

The delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has arrived to St. Petersburg to participate in the International Economic Forum. The delegation will take part in the plenary session of the forum, and will also hold a number of bilateral meetings aimed at strengthening Turkmenistan’s cooperation with other states and international organizations.

On the 5th of June 2019, the International Conference on the “Role of Water Diplomacy in achieving the Sustainable Development in Central Asia” dedicated to the World Environment Day was held in Ashgabat.  The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection, State Committee of Water Management of Turkmenistan, UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, UN Representative Office in Turkmenistan, including the sector agencies of the UN, as w...

On the 3rd of June 2019, the World Bicycle Day established by the UN General Assembly Resolution upon the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was celebrated in Ashgabat.  Along with Turkmenistan, the World Bicycle Day was celebrated in many countries of the world.        In honor of the holiday, a mass bicycle ride took place in the Turkmen capital in participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.  Early morning, numerous residen...