On December 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation led by Ms. Ashita Mittal, Regional Representative for Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side thanked the UNODC regional representative for accepting an invitation to participate in the events dedicated to International Neutrality Day and the active participat...

On December 10, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting with a delegation led by Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations on humanitarian issues of partnership with countries of the Middle East and Central Asia, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted the humanitarian support of Turkmenistan, periodically provided to neighboring countries, as well as countries affected by natural phenomena a...

On December 7, 2018 at the capital’s hotel “Yildyz” there has finished the work of the international conference on ministers’ level “Importance of the Great Silk Road: present and future development”. During the conference there were discussed the following themes: “From Historical Routes to Modern Highways: Revival of the Great Silk Road”, “Shared Heritage and Plural Identities along the Silk Road” and “Spreading of Culture through Commerce along the Great Silk Road”. The conference, which w...

On December 6, 2018 in the building of the agricultural complex of Turkmenistan, an international seminar "The successes achieved in the field of environmental protection and international cooperation in the year, held under the motto" Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road "with the joint organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on environmental protection and land resources. The workshop was attended by representatives...

On December 6, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Russian Federation on a working visit to attend an informal meeting of the heads of CIS member states. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proceeded to the Boris Yeltsin Library from the St. Petersburg International Airport, where a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. After mutual greetings and traditional photo-sharing...

On December 6, 2018, in “Yyldyz” Hotel of Ashgabat an international ministerial conference on the theme “Importance of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development” organized by the Government of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNESCO concluded the plenary sessions. The purpose of the international conference, which is held with the participation of representatives from about 40 countries, is to reveal the role and the importance of the Great Silk Road for sustainable development, dis...

On December 6, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has gone to Sankt-Petersburg, the Russian Federation, on a working visit. During the visit President of Turkmenistan plans to participate and make a speech at the informal Summit of  the Heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.