On January 28, 2020, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov participated to the high-level Conference “Green Central Asia” held in Berlin. The delegations of Germany, Central Asian countries and Afghanistan also took part in the Conference. A wide range of issues related to the climate change and security in the region was discussed during, including the nature protection, integrated management of water resources, preservation of biodiversity, c...

The latest issue of the scientific practical journal ‘Foreign Policy and Diplomacy’ has just come out. It spotlights the most important events in the country’s foreign policy in the fourth quarter of last year. The journal opens with a speech delivered by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State in Ashgabat on October 11, 2019. The head of state highlighted that with the chairmanship of the CIS in 2019 Turkmenistan’s main objectives were to prov...

Presentation of the UN Development Programme Global Report on Human Development in 2019 took place in the Yildiz Hotel. Representatives of ministries and departments of the country, public organizations, teachers of high educational institutes, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan and international organizations took part in the forum.   The main theses and key conclusions of the Report, comments on progress achieved by our country for the last 10 years as well as the ro...

Завершился первый этап учета водноболотных биоресурсов западного Туркменистана. Предварительные итоги проделанной работы были обсуждены на совещании Рамсарской группы, прошедшем в Хазарском заповеднике. На побережье Каспия сделаны тысячи фотографий птичьих стай и отдельных особей, зимующих в туркменском секторе моря. Их дешифровка займет много времени, но в итоге птичье сообщество будет учтено с точностью до единичной особи. В этом году впервые был осуществлен научный эксперимент по паралл...

Josep Borrell Fontelles, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) ​ On 28 January 2020, friends from Central Asia, Afghanistan and the European Union will gather in Berlin for a conference organised by the German Foreign Ministry, entitled “Green Central Asia.” I was glad to accept the invitation and join Foreign Ministers from the region, for two main reasons: First, to underline how urgent the challenge of tackling...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with participation of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers who supervises agricultural complex, hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat. The agenda included issues of social and economic development of the regions and capital, works in agricultural sector and other urgent aspects of the state and social life. Opening the session, the Head of the State called Hyakim of Ahal Velayat S. Berdimuhamedov who reported...

On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the field of Securing Maritime Safety in the Caspian Sea began its work in Ashgabat. The meeting is attended by experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Caspian Se...