On the 10th of April 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has participated in the ceremony of laying the foundation of the new city, Ahal province’s administrative city that will be built on the territory of Geoktepe etrap. This step serves as an illustrative example of implementing the national policy of Turkmenistan reflecting the social-economic growth of the country. The Chair and deputies of the Parliament of Turkmenistan, members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkm...

On the 10th of April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has successfully ended in Ashgabat. During the second day of the session, the participants spoke about the significance of strategic partnership between the countries and international organizations, particularly with the UN agencies and non-governmental entities. In this context the necessity of provid...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held working video conference session with the participation of hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat. Seasonal agricultural works, current objectives of the capital’s development and number of organizational issues have been reviewed at the session. First, the President called Hyakim of Ashgabat Sh. Durdiliyev who reported on the situation in the capital, measures for further development of the city and rates of construction of social facilities including r...

Let me extend my congratulations on the opening of International Regional European high-level Conference of the World Health Organization “Prevention and Combat against Non-infectious Diseases”, - the message of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov says. Great success has been reached in the development of national health protection sphere. The country caries out large-scale work for comprehensive involvement of health protection system potential, its development and orientation to innovative...

On the 9th of April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has started in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat city. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, as well as the responsible representatives working in the sphere of healthcare from aroun...

On April 9, 2019, a meeting was held at the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan with Ms. Piroska Östlin, Acting World Health Organization Regional Director for Europe, who arrived in the Turkmen capital to attend the WHO High-Level European Conference on Non-communicable Diseases. During the meeting, Ms. Piroska Östlin was acquainted with the main directions of Turkmenistan’s activities in the field of healthcare. The WHO positively assessed its cooperation with Turkmenistan on non-communicable...

On April 8, 2019, a briefing on the first Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held in Turkmenistan on August 12, 2019, was organized by the Permanent Representation of Turkmenistan in Geneva at the United Nations Geneva office. Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, as well as Ambassadors and representatives from other countries took part in the briefing, which was held in the Turkmen room of the UN Geneva Offi...