On June 5, 2018, an international scientific and practical conference "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road - the region of ecological well-being", dedicated to the World Environment Day had been held in the conference hall of the Agricultural Complex. The forum was organized by the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources. Heads and specialists of nature protection departments and structures, representatives of sectoral ministries, academics and ecologists...

The full use of all sports opportunities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the introduction of new foreign policy initiatives in the future, based on active directions of international sport cooperation, take a special place in the foreign policy conducted by the President of Turkmenistan. As is known, on the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan on April 12, 2018, the Resolution "World Bicycle Day" was adopted at the 82nd plenary meeting of the 72nd session of the UN Gen...

On May 31, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Portugal to the Republic of Turkey (with residence in Ankara), Mrs. Paula Leal da Silva, who arrived to the Turkmen capital on a working visit. During the talks, the parties discussed issues of further interaction between the two countries on the principles of equality, mutual benefit and...

On May 30, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong. During the meeting the parties discussed the main fields of activity of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well as ways of cooperation and interaction within the framework of this organization. As the Turkmen side noted, Turkmenistan considers the IPU as a platform for developing both multilateral and bilateral dialogue wit...

Good governance and economic connectivity focus of OSCE Regional Ministerial Conference in Turkmenistan “Good Governance and Economic Connectivity - best practices within the OSCE region” was the topic of the OSCE Regional Ministerial Conference organized by the OSCE and the Government of Turkmenistan that ended in Ashgabat on 31 May 2018. The two-day conference brought together some 120 participants, including high-level officials and decision-makers from five Central Asian countries and Af...

On May 29, 2018, political consultations took place in Helsinki between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Finland. The Finnish side was headed by Ms. Maimo Henriksson, Director General of the Department of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country. During the political consultations, issues of bilateral relations in the spheres of politics, economy, energy and transport, cooperation within international organ...

On May 29, 2018 in Aigle (Switzerland), the Ambassador of Turkmenistan in the Swiss Confederation had a meeting with the President of the International Cycling Union (UCI), David Lappartient, during which the issues of expanding our country's cooperation with this major international sports organization were discussed. In particular, the practical implementation of the United Nations General Assembly resolution "World Bicycle Day" dated April 12, 2018 was touched upon, and in this context, pa...