On December 19, 2017 in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the meeting of the National Steering and Coordinating Committee (NRCC) of the Partnership for Development Framework Program for 2016-2020 was held. Heads and representatives of the United Nations Permanent Mission, the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, accredited in Turkmenistan, as well as deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, representatives of the ministries and departments, as w...

The main New Year tree of the country switched on the lights, having announced on the arrival of New Year, long awaited and the most favourite holiday.  Grandiose ceremony with the participation of thousands of young and adult Turkmenistan citizens and the guests of our country took place at the square in front of Älem Cultural and Entertainment Centre where the tallest and most beautiful New Year tree was placed. According to good tradition initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, t...

On December 11, 2017, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for the Countries of Central Asia organized a meeting of the Central Asian foreign ministers dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Center and the International Day of Neutrality. Ministers and deputy ministers of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took part in the meeting. Addressing the o...

On December 11, 2017, the International Conference "The UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia: 10 Years of Cooperation with Central Asia for Peace and Prosperity of the Region" was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Center. Heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and representatives of international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, officers of the diplomatic service of...

On December 11, 2017, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a conference on "Policy of Neutrality and Preventive Diplomacy in International Relations: Experience of Turkmenistan and its Importance" and an exhibition dedicated to the celebration of the International Day of Neutrality. The conference was attended by the deputies of the Mejlis, heads of ministries and departments, diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmen...

The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea)....

On December 4-5, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov paid a working visit to Moscow, where attended the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian littoral states. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed issues of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, as well as documents regulating five-way cooperation in the Caspian in various fields...