On December 17, 2019, a workshop was held in the building of the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia on mutually beneficial cooperation through innovative technologies in rational use of water-energy resources among Central Asian states. The main goal of the seminar was to provide in-depth information on international legislative norms and standards in the field of water and energy cooperation, as well as discuss the draft provisions of the task force group (TFG), work pr...

Today, on December 16, 2019, the signing ceremony of the joint program with the UN under the title: "Improving the social protection system by introducing inclusive quality social services at the local level" took place. From the Turkmen side, the document was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov. On behalf of the UN, the document was signed by the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Elena Panova. This project provides for active work to further improve the syste...

On December 13, 2019 in Rome, Italy, the international conference "Italy and Central Asia: Strengthening Mutual Understanding, Cooperation and Partnership" was held. The event was attended by a representative Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. This meeting is the first in the format of "Italy and Central Asia", will create ample opportunities to identify ways and directions of the partnership between the countries of the region and Italy. Duri...

On December 11, 2019, the Institute of International relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a scientific conference devoted to the 24th anniversary of Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan under the title "Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan: cooperation for the sake of peace, security and sustainable development”. The conference was accompanied by an exhibition, dedicated to the International day of Neutrality. The conference was attended by the deputies of th...

On December 7, 2019, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in conjunction with the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan on the eve of which the results of the work done in the context of the implementation of the foreign policy strategy of independent neutral Turkmenistan were examined. The briefing was attended by heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of Turkmenistan abroad, workers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...

On December 3, 2019, in the conference hall of the International University of Humanities and Development, a ceremony was held to present the book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road,” published in Arabic. The event was attended by the leaders and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, representatives of scientific institutes, faculty and students of higher educational institutions of the country,...

On December 2, 2019, the 5th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of Turkmenistan-EU was held in Brussels, in which a representative delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan took part. The chair of the European Parliament delegation, F. Martusciello, and the members of the Turkmen delegation attended the IPM working session. The parties considered the current state and prospects for the development of multilateral partnership of the parties in the framework of priority projects and strategies. The imp...