PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKMENISTAN WAS ACCREDITED NEAR UNESCO

On June 13, 2019 there was a ceremony in Paris of presenting the accreditation letter to the Director-General of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ms. Audrey Azoulay by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan S.Jumaev, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UNESCO. After the presentation ceremony there was a short meeting of Ambassador S.Jumaev with the Director-General of the UNESCO. Ambassador of Turkmenistan passed to Ms. Au...

THE MEETING WITH THE DELEGATION OF ICRC WAS HELD AT THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN

On June 14, 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation, headed by Nicolas Fleury, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations coordinator for Europe and Central Asia, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting there was a brief overview of the current activities of the ICRC in the world and around the region. Then the sides exchanged their views on the global and regional issues of hum...

OSCE SEMINAR PROMOTES BEST ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER FINANCING OF TERRORISM PRACTICES IN TURKMENISTAN

An OSCE-supported seminar on best practices in anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) in the sector of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBP) took place in Ashgabat from 10 to 11 June 2019. The event was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, jointly with the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and its Financial Monitoring Service. The aim of the seminar was to enhance the participants’ understanding of internat...

AN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA FORUM DEDICATED TO THE FIRST CASPIAN ECONOMIC FORUM WAS HELD

On June 29, 2019, an international media forum dedicated to the first Caspian economic forum, which will be held on August 12 of this year in the Avaza National Tourist Zone, was held at the Archabil Hotel. The media forum was attended by the representatives of ministries and profile institutions of the country, journalists of foreign and national mass media, political scientists, as well as students of the faculty of journalism. At the beginning of the media forum, a Counselor of the Emba...

THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A GASOLINE PRODUCTION PLANT FROM NATURAL GAS IN AHAL

On June 28, 2019, with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the opening ceremony of a gasoline production plant from natural gas in Ahal was held. The ceremony was attended by foreign guests, heads of diplomatic missions working in Turkmenistan, heads of ministries and profile agencies of the country, representatives of foreign companies, tourists, as well as representatives of international and national mass media. In the solemn meeting, in honor of t...

MEETING AT MFA TURKMENISTAN WITH HEADS OF UN AGENCIES

On July 1, 2019, within walls of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with heads and representatives of the United Nations agencies and specialized institutions accredited in Turkmenistan. Meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, UN Permanent Coordinator, Representatives of UNICEF and WHO in Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of UNDP, IOM, UNODC, UNFPA and World Bank Group in Turkmeni...

CLEAN FUEL DELIVERED FROM TURKMENISTAN TO AFGHANISTAN AS HUMANITARIAN AID

The first batch of environmentally friendly gasoline in the amount of 60 tons, shipped as humanitarian aid from the world's only plant for the production of gasoline from natural gas, opened and put into operation with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan, arrived on July 1, 2019 from Turkmenistan at the Akina station of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. At the Akina station, humanitarian aid with gasoline was received by the mayor of the township of Akina Azimi Bashir Ah...

TURKMENISTAN UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED AS PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

On June 27, 2019, in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected as a permanent member of the Council of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) during its 66th session. Turkmenistan was entered in the list of group “A” as the 157th member of this Council. The supreme body of UNCTAD is the Conference, which holds its ministerial-level sessions at least once every four years to determine the general directions of the policy and a...

ANNUAL SESSION OF THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY BEGAN ITS WORK IN LUXEMBOURG

On July 4, 2019, the 28th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began its work in Luxembourg. During the event of the first day, the agenda and a number of resolutions were approved, which are planned to be adopted by three committees (military-political, economic and humanitarian). On July 5, the Second Committee on economic issues considered a draft resolution presented by the Republic of Belarus “Strategic Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable D...

VISIT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY FEDERICA MOGHERINI TO ASHGABAT

On the 5th of July 2019, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission Ms. Federica Mogherini arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the visit, the high-level guest will meet with the Chairwoman of the Parliament (Mejlis) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.