On July 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic led by Deputy Foreign Minister Dinara Kemelova, who arrived in the Turkmen capital to participate in the European Union-Central Asia and Afghanistan High-Level Dialogue on Politics and Security. During the meeting, the sides, noting the importance of expanding the political dialogue, discussed a number of issues dealing with various areas of bilateral cooperation...

On July 6, 2018, in the second half of the day, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has left Ashgabat for the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation on a working visit. After three hours, the aircraft of the President has landed in Kazan International Airport decorated by the State Flags of Turkmenistan, Russian Federation and Tatarstan. Turkmen leader has been warmly welcomed by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov who invited the President of Tu...

On July 9, 2018 High-level Dialogue of the European Union-Central Asia and Afghanistan on issues of politics and security has been held in Ashgabat. The meeting was held at the level of deputy foreign ministers. The delegation of the European Union at the meeting was headed by Jean Christophe Belliard, Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the European External Relations Service. The agenda of the meeting included issues of countering international and regional threats to securit...

On July 4-5, 2018, a delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S.G. Berdimuhamedov was in the city of Geneva on a working visit. Within the framework of this visit, meetings were held with the UN Under-Secretary-General, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ms. Olga Algaerova, with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, with the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parl...

On 4th of July, 2018, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s book “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road” in Turkish was introduced at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.      The General Secretary of the International Organization of Turkic Culture – Duisen Kaseinov and his delegation, academia members and students attended the presentation.      The General Secretary of the International Organization of...

On June 23-25, 2018 Days of Culture of Turkmenistan were held in the People's Republic of China. The creative action was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan with the assistance of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Beijing. The event was attended by the representatives of government and public institutions of the People's Republic of China, the capital administration, research institutes, cultural figures, heads and staff of diplom...

On June 25, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), at the 38th session held in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the Joint Statement on encouraging the protection of cultural heritage along the Great Silk Road with a view to promote universal respect for cultural rights. The following 24 states along with Turkmenistan became the co-sponsors of this Joint Statement: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Canada, China, th...