On September 27, 2018 a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Dushanbe. The heads of the foreign ministries reviewed more than 15 draft documents aimed at further expanding humanitarian cooperation, improving and developing the legal framework of the Commonwealth. In a narrow format, the heads of delegations exchanged views on topical issues on the international agenda and interaction in the Commonwealth format, and also determine...

People’s Council of Turkmenistan was held On September 25, 2018, the first session of the People’s Council chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held.The initiative of the President of Turkmenistan to organize the highest representative authority- thePeople’s Council was supported and adopted in October last year at the meeting of the Elders Councilwhich was held in Ahal velayat.  Elected members of the People’s Council, heads of the government authorities, political parties a...

At the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, as part of the General Debate, high-level meetings were held on the fight against tuberculosis and on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on September 26 and 27.  Among those attending the meetings were senior officials of specialized healthcare facilities of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan.  Speakers from our country have highlighted that in Turkmenistan the natio...

From  September 29 to October 2, 2018, the Government delegation headed by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay a working visit to New York, United States of America to participate in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly which will be held in the UN Headquarters.   It is expected that, the President will have high-level meetings in accordance with the program of the visit. Moreover, according to the instructions of the Head of State, Turkmen-American business co...

On September 24, 2018, the briefing dedicated to Turkmenistan’s priority positions at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the embassies and international organizations, accredited in Turkmenistan, representatives of national and foreign media attended the briefing.  In the course of the briefing, the speakers informed participants of President’s program of the visit and our country’s prior...

he Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan expressed its misunderstanding to the Tajik side in connection with the statement of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Imomi Sodik Ashurboyzoda, that Dushanbe intends to "defer to better times" the idea of ​​building a railroad Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Tajikistan. Comments of the Turkmen side on the above-mentioned statement of the Tajik diplomat are officially commu...

Turkmen State Institute of Economy and Management hosted the presentation of new book of Academic of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Doctor of Economics, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “On the Way to Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Turkmenistan”.  The book represents analytical review of dynamic development of our country, which has riches natural and significant production, infrastructural and human potential, realization of national and profile programmes,...