On June 19, 2018 in the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana, the XIII Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the countries-participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States, in which the delegation of Turkmenistan participates, began its work. The theme of the annual meeting was "Dialogue in the CIS - prospects for humanitarian cooperation in the 21st century". The event, organized with the support of the Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scien...

On June 13, 2018, at the 96th meeting of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Turkmenistan was elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2019-2021. The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations, which coordinates the activities of the UN, its specialized agencies and organizations in the economic, social, health and educational spheres. ECOSOC was established in 1946 by the Charter of the United Nations an...

On June 12, 2018, the two-day International Conference "Science, Techniques and Innovative Technologies", timed to the Day of Science, started its work in Ashgabat. Scientists, teachers and young specialists from Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of scientific circles from more than thirty countries, including Russia, USA, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bangladesh, Turkey, Iran, Finland, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhs...

On June 11, 2018, the third meeting of the Turkmen-Croatian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation had been held in Zagreb. The commission was attended by the heads and representatives of the leading ministries and industry departments, as well as representatives of business circles of the two states. The agenda of the forum included a wide range of issues touching various areas of bilateral cooperation. The parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached afte...

On 11 June 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov had a meeting with the new director of the country office of the World Health Organization in Turkmenistan, Dr. Paulina Karvovska. During the meeting, the new director was acquainted with the main activities of Turkmenistan in the field of health care. The Turkmen side positively assessed the cooperation of Turkmenistan and WHO on various diseases and noted the great achievements that Turkmenistan achieved in the fiel...

On June 8, 2018 a round table in on the issues of freedom of religion was held in the building of the National Institute of Democracy and Law under the President of Turkmenistan. Representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Adalat (Justice) of Turkmenistan, the Muftiyat of Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of various religious organizations took part in the dialogue. Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan addressed the opening c...

The full use of all sports opportunities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the introduction of new foreign policy initiatives in the future, based on active directions of international sport cooperation, take a special place in the foreign policy conducted by the President of Turkmenistan. As is known, on the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan on April 12, 2018, the Resolution "World Bicycle Day" was adopted at the 82nd plenary meeting of the 72nd session of the UN Gen...