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...

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 GurbangulyBerdimuhamedov 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...

On August 29, 2016 the National Theatre of Bucharest hosted the official opening of the "Embassies Festival," which was attended by the diplomatic missions accredited in Romania. Embassy of Turkmenistan in Bucharest organized the exposition, dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan and the declaration of 2016 as a "Year of honoring the heritage, transforming the Motherland." In the exhibition hall of Turkmenistan it has been exposed the national handmade carpets, trad...

In accordance with the Law of Turkmenistan “On the status of the diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan in foreign States”, as well as the further expansion of cooperation of Turkmenistan with the major international organizations, the Head of State by his Decree stated: 1.Open Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan at the International Atomic Energy Agency; 2. Entrust functions of Permanent Representation of Turkmenistan at the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Embassy of Turkmenistan in...

On 12th August 2016, held a telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov with  Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov. At the beginning of the conversation the parties congratulated each other with the Day of the Caspian Sea, which is celebrated annually by the Caspian States on 12th August, in connection with the entry in this day in 2006, in force of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Mari...