HONORING OF THE OLYMPIC MEDALIST OF TURKMENISTAN TOOK PLACE IN ASHGABAT

Today, on August 21, a solemn ceremony of presenting state awards to the country’s medalist in the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokio Polina Guryeva was held in the Martial Arts Sports Complex of the Olympic town of Ashgabat in participation of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Honored Coach of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov. In the weight category up to 59 kg, in total for the snatch and jerk, the Turkmen athlete showed the result of 217 kg (96+121)...

PRIORITY POSITIONS OF TURKMENISTAN FOR THE 76TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Preamble Turkmenistan regards the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly as an important stage in the consistent consolidation of international efforts to address key issues on the global agenda, reaffirm the pivotal and coordinating role of the United Nations in preserving and strengthening universal peace, stability and security, and fully implement the declared Sustainable Development Goals. In its activities during the upcoming session of the General Assembly, Turkmen...

A CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE TASKS ARISING FROM THE COMMON LESSON OF THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN WITH THE TURKMEN YOUTH WAS HELD AT THE IIR OF THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN

On September 3, 2021, a Conference dedicated to the tasks arising from the common lesson of the President of Turkmenistan with the students and pupils about history, about the duty and obligations of the young generation was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, country’s diplomatic service preceptors, the leadership of the Institute of State, Law and...

DOCUMENTS ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE CONSULTATIVE MEETING OF THE HEADS OF STATES OF CENTRAL ASIA, HELD IN AVAZA, WERE RECOGNIZED AS A DOCUMENT OF THE 75TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

On August 6, 2021, on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea the next Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of Central Asia was successfully held. In parallel with this event, on the platform of the above-mentioned Forum the Dialogue of Women of Central Asian states was held. Upon the outcomes of the talks, the Heads of States of Central Asia adopted the Joint Statement of the Heads of the Central Asian States. Following the results of the Dialogue of Women, the Declaration of the Dialogu...

THE MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRIES-NEIGHBORS OF AFGHANISTAN TOOK PLACE

On the 8th of September 2021, the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries-neighbors of Afghanistan was held in the videoconference format. The meeting was organized on the initiative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. These consultations were also attended by the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs...

TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPATED IN A MULTILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN

On the 8th of September 2021, a multilateral ministerial meeting on Afghanistan took place in the format of a videoconferencing. The subject matter of the session was the situation in this country. The Foreign Ministers of more than 20 countries as well as the high-level representatives of the UN, EC and NATO also attended the virtual talk initiated by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany. Based on the main subject of the tal...

23RD CENTRAL ASIA MEDIA CONFERENCE WAS HELD

On September 9-10, 2021, in Tashkent city the 23rd Central Asia Media Conference of the OSCE was held in hybrid format. The theme of the Conference was “Promoting Public Value of the Media in Central Asia”. About 70 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia representing the governmental structures, media, the civil society and scientific community discussed core values, the content and strategic problems of the public service...

RESOLUTION ON «COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION» ADOPTED

On September 9, 2021, at the proposal of Turkmenistan at the 102nd plenary meeting of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly a resolution «On cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization» was unanimously adopted. As is known, within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the Economic Cooperation Organization, Ashgabat will host the 15th Summit of Heads of State of this organization on November 28 this year. Neutral Turkmenis...

CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED AT THE C5+1 MINISTERIAL MEETING

Climate policy leaders of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United States of America convened virtually for a C5+1 Ministerial on September 16, 2021. Delegation of Turkmenistan was led by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment Protection of the country A.Altyyev The parties discussed the issues of the climate change, the critical nature of the climate crisis, in particular its negative impact t...

STATISTICAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL SDGS WERE DISCUSSED IN ASHGABAT

On September 17, there was a meeting on cooperation between the Government of Turkmenistan and the UN on strengthening statistical capacity and reporting on implementation of national SDGs, Socio-Economic Response Plan and Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations for 2021-2025. During the meeting the importance of dynamic joint activities on a systematic basis, aimed at the comprehensive implementation of the fundamental docum...