President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who accounced assertion of the principles of healthy life style and health protectionof people as a priority of social policy of the state, gives personal example to compatriots spendign his free time doign physical exercises and going in for various sports including cycling. On the weekend’s morning, Turkmen leader traditionally has a cycling ride and visited his horses with his grandson Kerim. The cycling is an active leisure, which makes positive eff...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where current subjects of the state life have been discussed. Having announced the agenda, Turkmen leader noted that according to the tradition, pardoning action of sentenced people who sincerely regretted in their criminal deeds usually takes place on the threshold of big holidays. Such actions are held regularly in the country and the government follows traditions and humanity and mercifuln...

On May 15, 2020, a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat. During the session, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution “On the entry of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization as an observer.” In accordance with the Document, immediately today, the Turkmen side sent the application letter on the accession to the World Trade Organization as an observer to the Director-General of the WTO.  In line with the WTO proced...

The heads of the State News Agency of Turkmenistan TDH and the State News Agency of Belarus - BelTA held online talks in a video format. The agenda of the meeting was the further development of cooperation in frames of the recently signed Memorandum of Cooperation on the exchange of news materials. In this regard, the meeting participants emphasized the role and mission of mass media in strengthening and expanding interstate relations, the implementation of agreements, achieved between Presid...

On May 14, 2020, a working meeting was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to discuss the impact of especially dangerous infectious diseases on the socio-economic situation in the region and Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economics, Labor and Social Welfare, Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, as well as the State Statistics Committee and the Central Bank of Turkmenistan....

On May 14, 2020, an online scientific conference on the topic “Preventive Diplomacy: An Example of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and the UNRCCA” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. This event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, the Permanent Missi...

On May 14, 2020, the online presentation of the regional initiative of the International Organization for Migration entitled “New Horizons of Cooperation amid COVID-19 Pandemic” was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the MFA, State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of the IOM member states from Central Asia, Russia and Europe, IOM experts, and donor organizations took part in the event.  The presentation session was...