On December 11, 2017, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a conference on "Policy of Neutrality and Preventive Diplomacy in International Relations: Experience of Turkmenistan and its Importance" and an exhibition dedicated to the celebration of the International Day of Neutrality. The conference was attended by the deputies of the Mejlis, heads of ministries and departments, diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmen...

The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea)....

This year marks the 22th anniversary of recognition by the international community of the legal status of permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution and first time in the history community of the member states of UN will celebrate International Day of Neutrality on 12 December 2017. The resolution declaring 12 December as the International Day of Neutrality was initiated by Turkmenistan and on 2 February 2017 Resolution titled “International Day of...

On December 6, 2017, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held with the delegation of the European Union led by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luke Pierre Devin. The agenda of the meeting included issues of bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest. Noting Turkmenistan's commitment to developing cooperation with EU institut...

On December 4-5, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov paid a working visit to Moscow, where attended the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian littoral states. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed issues of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, as well as documents regulating five-way cooperation in the Caspian in various fields...

On November 29, 2017, the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference under the theme "Mobilizing Investments for Sustainable Energy of the Future and Diversifying Transport Routes" continued its work at the Oguzkent Hotel. The Ministerial part of the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference served as a platform for decision-makers at the highest level and leaders of energy enterprises to engage in policy dialogue on sustainable energy investments, reliable transit and diversification...

On November 28, 2017, a television program was shot in the training studio of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Secretary General of the International Energy Charter, Mr. Urban Rusnak, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference. Students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the International University for the Humanit...