On October 23, 2018, at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum, entitled “Investing in Sustainable Development”, UNCTAD, together with the International Olympic Committee, organized a session “Investing in sports for the benefit of achieving the SDGs” at UN Headquarters in Geneva. The session was attended by the Director General of the UN Office at Geneva, Michael Möller, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch, eminent athletes, private investors, UN agenc...

On October 22 – 24, 2018, at the invitation of the head of the Inter-Parliamentary Turkmen-Romanian Friendship Group, Member of the Chamber of Deputies in the Romanian Parliament Istvan-Janoš Antal, a delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan consisting of the  members of the Inter-Parliamentary Turkmen-Romanian Friendship Group in the Mejlis visited Romania. During the visit, the Turkmen delegation held a meeting with deputies and members of the Inter-Parliamentary Turkmen-Romanian Friendship...

Few days ago, the delegation of our country paid visit to Brussels where it had number of meetings including with Deputy Chairman of European Energy Union Commission Maroš Šefčovič as well as working meeting with representatives of the General Energy Department of the European Commission and other. Vice-premier M. Meredov reported on the outcomes of the visit to the Head of the State at the video conference session on October 22. During the negotiations, the sides discussed the subjects of co...

On October 22-23, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan paid a working visit to Tokyo, capital of Japan.    During the visit, the delegation had a meeting with the head and members of Turkmen-Japanese committee on economic cooperation. In the course of visit, the delegation of Turkmenistan was received by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Moreover, there were bilateral meetings between the heads of foreign ministries, parliaments, and energy, transport, trade and economy sectors of the tw...

Regular third session of the Mejlis of the sixth convocation was held, during which number of laws and regulatory and legal acts developed in accordance with priorities of the state policy, new edition of the Constitution and integrated programme of modernization of legal framework of the country have been adopted. Representatives of relevant ministries and departments as well as mass media have been invited to participate in the session.  Draft Law of Turkmenistan on Reclamation of Lands has...

On October 22, 2018, Moscow culture and folklore center named after Lyudmila Rumina hosted solemn opening ceremony of the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation with gala concert and the event follows route to Moscow and St. Petersburg.       Relevant employees of the russian cultural centers, foreign diplomats accretided in Moscow, the representatives of business communities of the two states, the heads of public organizations, media representatives, academia members, cult...

The State Museum of Turkmenistan hosted a round table: “The Great Silk Road: from Ancient to Modern Times”. The forum was co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan. It was attended by the representatives of the academic circles of our country and Russia; the representatives of the mass media and the academic staff of the local universities, as well as the students of the joint A.S. Pushkin Turkmen-Russian secondary school.  The forum foc...