On April 16, 2019, President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in upon invitation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, arrived to Turkmenistan on a state visit. On April 17, the meeting of the Presidents of the two countries will be held, during which the two sides will discuss the issues of interstate relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. A wide range of issues of bilateral relations, perspectives of development of cooperation in political, trade-eco...

On April 15, 2019, the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-French Commission for Economic Cooperation was held in the conference hall of the capital Yyldyz Hotel, at which the next tasks of building up the bilateral business partnership were discussed. A representative delegation headed by State Secretary of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Baptiste Lemoine arrived in Ashgabat to attend the meeting of the commission. The meeting was attended by leaders and...

During the period of April 15-20, 2019, the external policy Agenda of Turkmenistan will be highly occupied.  One of the main events of the week will be the state visit of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in to Turkmenistan.  During the visit, the high-level meetings will be held, as well as the substantial package of documents related to the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian sphere will be signed.    Also this week, a number of events dedicated t...

On the 10th of April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has successfully ended in Ashgabat. During the second day of the session, the participants spoke about the significance of strategic partnership between the countries and international organizations, particularly with the UN agencies and non-governmental entities. In this context the necessity of provid...

On the 9th of April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has started in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat city. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, as well as the responsible representatives working in the sphere of healthcare from aroun...

On April 9, 2019, a meeting was held at the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan with Ms. Piroska Östlin, Acting World Health Organization Regional Director for Europe, who arrived in the Turkmen capital to attend the WHO High-Level European Conference on Non-communicable Diseases. During the meeting, Ms. Piroska Östlin was acquainted with the main directions of Turkmenistan’s activities in the field of healthcare. The WHO positively assessed its cooperation with Turkmenistan on non-communicable...

On April 8, 2019, a briefing on the first Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held in Turkmenistan on August 12, 2019, was organized by the Permanent Representation of Turkmenistan in Geneva at the United Nations Geneva office. Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, as well as Ambassadors and representatives from other countries took part in the briefing, which was held in the Turkmen room of the UN Geneva Offi...