On January 29, 2018, the signing of the "Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Program about UN premises" was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The ceremony was attended by the heads and staff of the UNDP office and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan, as well as the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side stressed that one of the main directions of foreign policy of Neutral Tur...

On January 26, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan took part at the 12th meeting of senior officials at the level of the deputy foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Dialogue "Central Asia + Japan", held in Dushanbe. Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as ambassadors of these countries accredited in Tajikistan took part in its work. The Japanese side was represented by the Special Representative of the...

On January 25, 2018, the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting of the Council for the Management of the Joint Project of the Academy and the United Nations Development Program. At the meeting, the results of the project's implementation in 2017 were considered, and priority areas for cooperation with UNDP in 2018 were identified. As is known, the project, designed for 2017-2019, is aimed at rendering assistance in such areas as working out the plans for...

On January 21-23, 2018, under the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Turkmen delegation paid a working visit to London for the next round of bilateral political consultations and participation in the sixth meeting of the Turkmen-British Trade and Industry Council. On January 21, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan met with the Minister of State for European and Americas Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Alan Duncan. During...

In the afternoon, the meeting of the delegation of Turkmenistan with the speaker of the Majlis of Iran Ali Larijani was held in the building of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian Majlis speaker expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side for accepting the invitation and sending a representative delegation of the Turkmen parliament to Tehran. In the course of the meeting, the sides, noting the dynamics of successfully developing Turkmen-Iranian cooperation, spoke in favor of inten...

On 14-16 January 2018, a representative delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov paid a two-day visit to Islamabad. On the morning of Monday, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the level of the ministers of foreign affairs were held at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Khawaja Muhammad Asi...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...