On April 27, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan     R. Meredov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Mr. Diego Ruiz Alonso. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties noted the positive development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the EU in recent years. The current state and prospects for the development of multilateral partnership in the framework of priority projects and strategies were reviewed. In additi...

On April 27, 2020, the Global Session “National Indicators and the National Voluntary Reviews on the Sustainable Development Goals” was held in the videoconference format in the UN Building located in Ashgabat.  The representatives of the United Nations and its structural agencies, working in our country, as well as the representatives of a number of ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Economy, State Committee for Stat...

On April 27, 2020, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov held a meeting with the representatives of the United Nations and its structural agencies working in Turkmenistan. The meeting was focused on the main topic of the recent telephone conversation between the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres. As the chief of the external political agency has mentioned, the President of Turkmenistan and th...

On April 27, 2020, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and Head of UNICEF Office in Turkmenistan Christine Weigand. During the meeting, the parties noted the successful long-term cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The effectiveness of programs that were developed and implemented at the national level was emphasized. An exchange of views also took place on further steps aimed at improving measure...

On April 24, 2020, a meeting through videoconferencing with the experts of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. From the Turkmen side, the heads and representatives of a number of ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the State Customs Service, Mejlis, Central Bank, Agencies “Turkmenawtoulaglary,” “Turkmendemiryollary” and “Turkmendenizderyayollary,” as well as the representatives of Turkmen Association of International Automobile C...

On April 23, 2020, various celebrations dedicated to the National holiday of the Turkmen horse were held in the administrative center of the Lebap province - in the city of Turkmenabat. In the morning, in the conference hall of the Lebap velayat library in Turkmenabat, the ceremony of presentation of the book of the esteemed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “The Horse - a Symbol of Faithfulness and Happiness” in Arabic, German and Turkish languages took place. The ceremony was attended...

On April 21, 2020, during the work of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), elections were held to a number of Council structures. Turkmenistan was elected to two of its important bodies: the UN Commission on Social Development for the period 2021-2025 and the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development for 2021-2024. The election of Turkmenistan to two important bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council is another evidence of the growing authority of our cou...