on May 22, the successive meeting of the National Commission for UNESCO of Turkmenistan was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. The session was attended by the Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of relevant ministries and departments of the country. At the opening of the session, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov especially underlined the importance of expanding the cultura...

The UN Conference for Environment and Development, at which the Convention on Biological Diversity – the first global agreement on protection of natural resources and their sustainable development, has been agreed to be signed, was held in Rio de Janeiro on June 5, 1992. The goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity is to preserve biodiversity on all levels, to provide sustainable use of its components, to provide access to genetic resources and their joint use of fair basis. At this time,...

On May 21, 2021, the Presentation of the Plan for Preparedness for Counteraction and Response of Turkmenistan to an Acute Infectious Disease, adopted on April 16 of this year, was held at the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economy and a number of other ministries and institutions of Turkmenistan, as well as representat...

On May 20, 2021, the Delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE made a statement at the regular meeting of OSCE Permanent Council on the adoption of the National Action Plan for Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, which was approved by the resolution of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 16, 2021. The statement noted that the document is a logical continuation of the action plan implemented in 2016-2020, which was adopted for strengthening the state system, e...

On May 20, 2021, in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in honor of the 140th anniversary of the founding of the city of Ashgabat, a Conference of Mayors of Friendly and Sister Cities of Ashgabat was held in a hybrid format. The event was opened by the rector of the Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering P. Orazov. Thanking everyone for their active participation, the khyakim of Ashgabat Y. Gylydjev noted that the capital of Turkmenis...

Today, on May 20, a telephone conversation took place between Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan S.G. Berdimuhamedov with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan A.U. Mamin, during which issues of bilateral cooperation in trade-economic and humanitarian fields were discussed. At the same time, special attention was paid to the implementation of the agreements reached by the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to...

On May 19, 2021, the Presentation of the National Plan of Action on Human Rights for 2021-2025 of Turkmenistan affirmed by the relevant Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in April of current year was held in the Center of Public Organizations of Turkmenistan. The heads and members of both Chambers of the National Council of Turkmenistan (Mejlis and Halk Maslakhaty), chairmen of the political parties and public organizations of the country, head of the Instit...