On December 10, 2017, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Romania were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of the Romanian side was led by the State Secretary for Relations with Eastern Neighborhood and multilateral relations at the global level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania Danut Sebastian Neculaescu. During the consultations, the sides exchanged views on topical issues on the international...

On the occasion of the International Day of Neutrality and the 10th anniversary of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, on the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, on December 8-10, 2017, mini-football, volleyball and table tennis tournaments were held among diplomatic missions of foreign countries and missions of international organizations in Ashgabat with the participation of the teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan....

In the conference hall of the capital National Institute of Sports and Tourism the ceremony in honour of prize-winners of international tournaments which passed in early December, took place. On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the sportsmen who gained successful results on the world arena, special gifts were handed. Representatives of some profile departments of the State Committee for Sports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sports high school, including its students, teachers,...

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Decree on Granting Turkmenistan Citizenship. At the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov said that, based on current legislation, the norms of international law and the principles of humanism, which are the basis of domestic and foreign policy of the country, Turkmenistan has consistently taken measures to ensure human rights and fr...

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)....

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the outcomes of social and economic development of the country for eleven months of 2017. Opening the session, the Head of the State reported on the decision to adopt the bill on granting of Turkmenistan to 1690 people on occasion of International Neutrality Day. After, the president of the country gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister R....

The delegation of Turkmenistan attended the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which was held on December 7-8 in Vienna, Austria. Heads of the ministries of foreign affairs from 57 states of the OSCE region and delegations from 11 Partners for Co-operation took part in the Ministerial Council meeting, which was chaired by OSCE Chairman-in-Office S.Kurz, Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Security issues in OSCE participating States, pre...