On January 16, 2020, the largest tourism exhibition “Ferien-Messe Wien” has started in Vienna, Austria. It takes place in the Austrian capital every January and is one of the largest international travel forums that reflect all modern trends in world tourism. The exhibition attracts more than 800 representatives of the tourism business from 80 countries. This year, Turkmenistan is one of the 80 participating countries. The participation of Turkmenistan in the event was organized with the supp...

On January 14, 2020, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov and the Head of the United Nations Environment Programme for Central Asia Office Ms.Aidai Kurmanova, who has arrived to the Turkmen capital to participate in the International Conference “Turkmenistan and International Organizations: Cooperation for Peace and Development.” During the meeting, the parties discussed the main directions and...

On December 20, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit to the Russian Federation to participate in an informal meeting of the heads of states of the CIS countries. At the Ashgabat International Airport, the head of state was escorted by officials. A few hours later, the presidential airliner landed at Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg, where the President of Turkmenistan was met by officials and members of the Turkmen delegation. The...

On December 20, 2019, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a joint meeting of the Working Group on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the heads of UN agencies was held to present a demo version of the proposed data collection and dissemination platform. The meeting was attended by the heads of state structures and public organizations of Turkmenistan, heads of UN agencies and structural divisions in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, p...

On December 20, 2019 a working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov started to the Russian Federation. During the visit the President of Turkmenistan will participate in the informal meeting of the Heads of the CIS member states. As part of the Turkmenistan’s chairmanship in the CIS in the meeting that was held on October 11, 2019 in Ashgabat, an agreement was reached by holding an informal meeting.

On December 18-19, 2019, the Regional Conference "Innovative approaches and solutions in the system of sustainable water resources management and the possibility of their use in Central Asia" was held in Almaty. The conference brought together more than 150 specialists in the field of water resources management; representatives of five Central Asian countries, government bodies authorized for water resources management, scientists, specialists, representatives of international financial organ...

On December 18, 2019, in the Turkmenistan Hall of the UN Geneva Branch, a meeting of SPECA Ambassadors was held to discuss the outcome of the "SPECA Days" of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), which took place on November 18-21 this year in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) O. Algaerova, Representative of the Visegrad Foundation, Ambassadors and diplomats of SPECA countries,...