On August 1, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress headed by the policy adviser Everett Price. At the beginning of the meeting, noting the productive outcome of the joint work in enhancing bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and the United States of America, the sides expressed interest in their further diversification. Within the framework of...

Representatives of the State Environmental Committee on Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan, the Mejlis (parliament), Ministry of Justice and other relevant agencies of Turkmenistan discussed the development of national environmental legislation at an OSCE-organized seminar held on 30 and 31 July 2018 in Ashgabat. The seminar aimed to provide insights into international legislative provisions and standards in the area of environmental protection and to discuss possible...

The active work on popularization and broad presentation of International Rally «Amul-Khazar 2018» also known as Turkmen Desert Race-2018 is well underway. Recently, the presentation of this sports event was held in the Embassies of Turkmenistan in Saud Arabia, Turkey, Japan, Azerbaijan, Austria and Republic of Korea. The presentation covered broad issues related to aforementioned international rally.    There was a meeting with the President of Motor Sport Federation of the UAE and Emirates...

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 21, 2018 in Brussels, the next tenth round of the Dialogue on Human Rights "European Union - Turkmenistan" was held. The delegation of the European Union was headed by B. Yaroshevich, Head of the Central Asian Countries Administration of the European External Action Service (EEAS). The Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan V. Khadjiev also included the Ombudsman of Turkmenistan as well as the representatives of the Ministries of Adalat (Justice), Intern...

ANNOUNCEMENT Being an active participant in the United Nations, neutral Turkmenistan, in the years of its independence, has joined all major international conventions, treaties and agreements on human rights. As is known, the Law of Turkmenistan "On the Ombudsman" was adopted in November 2016. On March 20, 2017, at the 19th session of the 5th convocation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, with the secret ballot of deputies in Turkmenistan, the Authorized representative for human rights - Ombud...

On June 20, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan in order to participate in the High-Level International Conference on the UN Decade of Action "Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028". After an hour and a half flight, the presidential airliner landed at the International airport of the capital of Tajikistan, where the national flags of the two countries were raised on flagpoles. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamed...