On September 19, 2016 the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) holds in Warsaw the OSCE meeting to review the implementation of the commitments, the Human Dimension implementation meeting - Europe's largest human rights conference. This meeting has been held for more than fifteen years. This two-week meeting in the Polish capital is attended by the representatives of OSCE participating States, experts on international issues, activists of non-governmental organizat...

On September 17, 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated in the solemn ceremony of the inauguration of the complex of the new International Airport, designed to become the main "air gates" of Turkmenistan. The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of a number of international and regional organizations such as the International Air Transport Association, the Interstate Aviation Committee, the International Road Transport Union, and the Interna...

On September 16, 2016 Ashgabat hosted an international media forum organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dedicated to the first Global Conference on the Sustainable Transport. The forum was attended by foreign and domestic journalists, experts, representatives of relevant ministries and departments. In particular, representatives of a number of international news agencies and editions, such as TRT, IRNA, Euronews, The Tokyo Shimbun and others arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the...

On September 16, 2016 a Media Forum, dedicated to the first Global Conference on the sustainable transport started its work in Ashgabat. The forum was attended by the representatives of 10 international organizations, as well as journalists and representatives of more than 65 media, representing about 30 countries. During the first session of the forum the representatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the United Nations Economic Commiss...

The Constitutional Law on Approval of the new edition of the Constitution of Turkmenistan is adopted at the session of the Council of Elders held in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat. Adoption of the Constitutional Law has become a logical continuation of the Constitutional reform, initiated in the country, and aimed at further improvement of political system, stage-by-stage democratization of the state and society, in particular, envisaging political diversity and multiparty system. One of the i...

In Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan a session of the Council of Elders started its work. At the opening of the session the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech. In his speech the Head of Turkmen State presented a broad picture of the country’s achievements over 25 years of its independent development in political, social-economic, and humanitarian spheres, and assessed the current state of the country and society. Speaking about achievements in social and eco...

10 years ago, The Framework Convention on the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (also called Tehran convention) came into force on August 12, 2006. This day was declared by five Caspian littoral states the “Day of Caspian Sea.” Annually on August 12, many events are conducted in Turkmenistan in honour of this date. This year the scientific-practical conference “25th Anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan: Achievements in protection of marine environment of the Caspian Sea,” dedicated...