At the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk, at a meeting of the Council of Permanent representatives of the CIS member states, the participants got acquainted with the preparations for holding the international car rally "Amul-Khazar 2018" (Turkmen Desert Race) in Turkmenistan. The permanent plenipotentiary representatives of the CIS member states were introduced to the new rally included in the sports calendar of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Turkmenistan's sporting achievement...

On July 16, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council on "Transformations towards a sustainable and resilient society". Opening the forum, the Chairperson of ECOSOC Maria Chatardova noted that seventy-one percent of the world's population has ac...

On July 10 to 16, 2018 in the city of Aktau (Republic of Kazakhstan) the Asian Championship in jiu-jitsu among men's and women's teams has been held. Competitions were held in the sports complex "Mangystau Arena". More than 400 athletes from 20 countries took part in the championship. This championship was represented by the rules of the International Jiu-Jitsu Federation (JJIF) in the sections of fighting, "non-vase", duo and contact systems. The national team of Turkmenistan in the champ...

An OSCE-organized national seminar on professional integrity and ethical standards in law enforcement took place on 12 and 13 July 2018 in Ashgabat. Officials from the national security, interior, justice and defense ministries, the Supreme Court, the State Service to Combat Economic Crimes, the State Migration Service and other law enforcement bodies of Turkmenistan participated in the event. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the seminar to contribute to an enhanced understanding of prof...

On July 10-13, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan held meetings and negotiations in Beijing during which the aspects of cooperation in the agricultural sector were discussed. The working visit was organized within the framework of the fulfillment of the President's instructions on attracting foreign investments into the country's agro-industrial complex, increasing the export of agricultural products and intensifying the partnership. On the first day of the visit, the Turkmen delegation...

The delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan participated in the 27th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which was held on July 7-11, 2018 in Berlin.  The annual session of the OSCE PA in 2018 was held in the German Bundestag under the theme "Implementation of OSCE commitments: the role of parliaments". More than 300 parliamentarians from 53 OSCE participating States, dozens of international organizations and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited to the FRG took p...

On July 11, 2018, a seminar organized by the OSCE Center in Ashgabat within the framework of the project "Cooperation in the field of improving media legislation and promoting freedom of expression" was launched at the Yıldız Hotel. The participants of the training were representatives of various media - television and radio channels, newspapers, magazines, online publications, as well as professors of the country's profile universities, lawyers, experts in the field of legal proceedings, to...