On April 5-6, 2018, an interim ministerial conference of the Non-Aligned Movement on the topic "Promotion of international peace and security for the sake of sustainable development" was held in Baku. On April 3-4, 2018, in order to prepare for the ministerial conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, a senior officials meeting had been held. The ministerial conference was attended by representatives of about 120 states and a number of international organizations that are members of the Non-Ali...

On April 6, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S.G.Berdimuhamedov took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk. During the meeting, the heads of the foreign ministries of the Commonwealth countries discussed the priority directions of interstate cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. In this contex...

On April 3, 2018, a two-day seminar of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, dedicated to the topic of the multilateral approach to combating the threats of extremism and radicalism in the modern world started its work in Ashgabat. Representatives of various ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, public organizations, international experts on combating organized crime and terrorism, members of the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,...

On 30 March 2018, a seminar in Ashgabat organized by the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan jointly with the United Nations Development Program was held. The main theme of the forum was the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the period until 2030 in Turkmenistan. As the speakers noted, the basis of the state strategy initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov laid the maximally transparent concept of universal security, the principle of unity and...

On March 27, 2018, the international high-level conference on Afghanistan "Peace process, security cooperation and regional connectivity" was held in Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the State Minister for External Affairs of India, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, the Special Repr...

On March 27, 2018, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit. The head of the Iranian state was greeted by the officials at the International Airport of Ashgabat, decorated with the National Flags of the two countries. From the airport, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran went to his residence, located at the Oguzkent Hotel. In the first half of the day, the high guest, accompanied by an honorable escort, proceede...

On March 26, 2018, the Observer Mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which monitored the election campaign and elections of the Mejlis deputies, held press conferences. The events were attended by representatives of national and foreign media, as well as members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan. Speaking to the audience, the Heads of Missions, expressing gratitude to the country's leadership and the C...