On December 20, 2017, at the 74th meeting of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the resolution "Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve the Sustainable Development goals" submitted by Turkmenistan was unanimously adopted. The co-authors of the resolution were 74 states. The resolution also reaffirmed the commitment to enhancing the role of sustainable transport and mobility in creating jobs, promoting mobility and improving the efficiency of log...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani had a telephone conversation.  Having warmly greeted each other, the heads of neighbouring states shared their visions of current situation and prospects of the development of interstate dialog, which comprehensively meets fundamental interests of Turkmen and Afghan people.  Discussing the subjects of cooperation, the parties stated with delight the recent tendency...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain.  During the telephone conversation, the leaders of Turkmenistan and Pakistan noted the high level of bilateral relations and confirmed the readiness for their further development. Speaking about the interstate relations in the political sphere, the interlocutors noted the coincidence of views of the two countries on the important issues of modern...

On December 14, 2017 a meeting of the Turkmen-American Business Council was held in the capital hotel "Archabil", within the framework of which new approaches to realization of the potential of bilateral cooperation and development of trade economic relations, business ties and scientific and technical partnership were determined. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Turkmen-American Business Council, as well as leading American companies such as Westport Trading Europe, Elizaro...

On December 11, 2017, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for the Countries of Central Asia organized a meeting of the Central Asian foreign ministers dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Center and the International Day of Neutrality. Ministers and deputy ministers of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took part in the meeting. Addressing the o...

In the conference hall of the capital National Institute of Sports and Tourism the ceremony in honour of prize-winners of international tournaments which passed in early December, took place. On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the sportsmen who gained successful results on the world arena, special gifts were handed.  Representatives of some profile departments of the State Committee for Sports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sports high school, including its students, teachers...

Heads and representatives of national diplomatic corps, foreign departments of Central Asian countries – the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan as well as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and number of other countries took part in the forum held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, the Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, the Exec...