On November 13, 2017, a meeting with the delegation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), headed by the Secretary-General, Mr. Mukhisa Kituyi was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the Turkmen side stressed that cooperation with the UN and its specialized agencies remains an important direction for the country's foreign policy. It was noted the importance of Turkmenistan's cooperation with UNCTAD in the light of the explo...

The sixth meeting of the regional organizations of Central Asia involved in the sustainable development and water resources management in Central Asia with the participation of representatives of the Executive Committee of IFAS in the countries organized by The Regional Environmental Center of Central Asia and the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was held on November 13-14 in the framework...

Ashgabat, 13 November 2017.A signing ceremony of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) took place at the side of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea in particular between: The Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral and the Deutsche GesellschaftfürInternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ), represented by the Regional Programme"Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia (TWM CA)",and The Executive Committee of the International Fun...

On November 7-10, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan was in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a working visit. At the regular fifth meeting of the Turkmen-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission that took place in Riyadh, the sides discussed commercial, economic and investment cooperation, including collaboration in the fuel and energy complex; concrete agreements were reached in several fields. The session was attended by executives from industry and energy sectors of Turkmenistan, and by manageme...

On November 9, 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary at the level of deputy foreign ministers of Turkmenistan and Hungary. During the meeting, the sides discussed the development of bilateral relations, expansion of cooperation within the framework of international organizations, in particular within the framework of the UN, OSCE and the EU, and expressed satisfaction with the mutual support of international initiatives of each other within various internation...

The Research guidance centre on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which was recently opened in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, held the first training course that brought together the representatives of the Democratic and Agrarian political parties as well as the Party of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.  Among the trainers at the centre are the experts of the United Nations Organization, the UN Development...

The seminar of the Central Asia Regional Ecological Centre dedicated to the principles of integrated management of water resources had been organized in Ashkhabad. The event was organized under the chairing of our country in the IFAS and improvement of the potential of management link in water sphere.  The meeting was attended by the deputies of the Mejlis, specialists of the ministries of agriculture and water management, finances and economy, National Committee for hydrometeorology under th...