On the 28th of May 2019, the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in the headquarters of the United Nations in New-York, USA with participation of plenipotentiary representatives of the Organizations’ member-states.  During the meeting, the Resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” initiated by Turkmenistan was adopted by consensus.  21 countries joined the co-sponsorship of the...

During the period of May 27-31, 2019, the Seventy-fifth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.  The delegation headed by the Ombudsperson of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting.  It is an annual high-level meeting that functions as a universal platform for the countries of the Asia and the Pacific region that unites the heads of the governments, key officials and other regional social leaders for the exchange of views...

On the 23rd of May 2019, the Turkmen delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the State Information Agency of Turkmenistan participated to the XVI Eurasian Media-Forum that is being held in Almaty city of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  Around 600 delegates from more than 50 countries of the world participated to the Media-Forum that is led by the Chairman of Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dariga Nazarbayeva.  Among the participants, the President of Armenia Armen Sark...

On May 22, 2019, the Ninth Session of Intergovernmental Turkmen-Belarus Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the Ministry of Industry and Communications of Turkmenistan.  The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Turkmen part of the Commission M.B.Chakiyev.  The delegation of Belarus was headed by the Deputy Prime-minister of the Republic of Belarus, Chairman of the Belarus part of the Commission I.V.La...

From May 20 to 21, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy was on a working visit to Paris at the invitation of the leadership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). During the visit, the Turkmen delegation was received by OECD Director General Angel Guria, and a number of bilateral meetings were organized with other leaders of the organization. During the meetings, the parties discussed the possibilities of establishing cl...

On May 20, 2019, the OSCE regional seminar “Towards regional economic interconnectedness - national trade and transport facilitation mechanisms” began its work in Ashgabat. The seminar, organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat with the assistance of the Turkmen side, was attended by the leaders and representatives of the OSCE, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. In addition, representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as international exper...

On the 20th of May 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the visit, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov with his Hungarian counterpart was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan.    During the talks, the parties discussed multilateral and regional cooperation of Turkmenistan and Hungary in the framework of reputable international organizations.  Also, an exchange of views held pl...