On May 5, 2020, an online meeting of the officers of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva with experts from the World Trade Organization was held. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side informed WTO experts about the work done to provide our country with observer status in the WTO. In addition, according to the results of the regular meetings of the Government Commission for the Study of Turkmenistan’s Membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO),...

On December 4, the Magtymguly National Music and Drama Theater hosted a videoconference bridge linking the Turkmen capital with the Austrian capital, Vienna. The virtual event, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s neutrality, aimed to highlight the instrumental role of humanitarian cooperation in the foreign policy pursued by the head of state Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Notably, this year marks the 65th anniversary of the Republic of Austria’s neutrality. During the online ev...

On May 4, 2020, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attended a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in the format of a Contact Group dedicated to countering the coronavirus infection COVID-19 and conducted via video link. The main topic of the forum was the consolidation of common efforts in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which has become a new, extremely serious challenge for the entire world community. At the current summit, the President of the Republic of Aze...

On May 4, 2020, the Secretary General of the Energy Charter Dr.Urban Rusnák delivered a lecture through videoconferencing at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The lecture that focused on the activities of the Energy Charter and its cooperation with Turkmenistan was attended by the students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the International University of Humanities and...

Hero of Turkmenistan, People’s Artist of the USSR Maya Kulieva (born May 1, 1920 – died April 27, 2018) would have turned 100 on May 1. The Magtymguly Music and Drama Theater hosted a special evening honoring and paying loving tribute to opera diva whose name is closely associated with important milestones in the history of Turkmen opera. The concert featured arias sung by opera stars of the national classical school. Played by the State Symphony Orchestra under Rasul Klychev, an extract from...

On May 4, 2020, the successive meeting of the Government Commission for studying the issues, connected with the membership of Turkmenistan in the World Trade Organization was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.  Under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the heads and representatives of a number of ministries and departments of the country discussed the concrete steps on the development of cooperation with the WTO in accordance with the instructions of Pres...

Эксклюзивное интервью АМИ Trend с Постоянным координатором ООН в Туркменистане Еленой Пановой - Туркменистан уделяет большое значению сотрудничества с Организацией Объединенных Наций. Результаты совместных действий весьма наглядны. Каковы основные факторы столь успешного взаимодействия? Сотрудничество ООН и правительства Туркменистана всегда было сосредоточено на оказании поддержки в решении национальных задач в области развития. ООН является стратегическим партнером Туркменистана в реализ...