The 39th session of the General conference of the UNESCO started in the headquarters of the organization in Paris. On October 30, 2017 at 202-nd session of the Executive Council of the organization, in accordance with the decision No. 202 EX/27 Part III, Turkmenistan was elected Vice-President of the General conference of the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO). This was the recognition of the success of active multi-vector foreign policy of President...

On November 1, 2017 the International Exhibition "Tourism and Travel" and the first day of the same conference on the development of cooperation in this field were opened in the National Tourist Zone "Avaza". The events were organized by the State Committee for Tourism and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. Delegates from more than twenty countries arrived to participate in the forum: Russia, China, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Czech Republi...

On October 31, 2017, a seminar was held in Ashgabat with the participation of representatives of the Interdepartmental Commission for Ensuring the Implementation of Turkmenistan's International Obligations in the Field of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. During the forum, foreign experts, in particular regional representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNDP, briefed participants on the final recommendations of relevant UN committees i...

On 26 October 2017, H. E. Darío Ernesto Chirú Ochoa, Ambassador of Panama to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Mission to the European Union signed the 2015 International Energy Charter at the Secretariat in the presence of the Secretary General Urban Rusnák and the counselor of the Embassy of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium, representing the country holding the Energy Charter Chairmanship. The International Energy Charter is an expression of long-term political...

On October 23, 2017 a new locomotive depot was opened and put into operation in the Balkan velayat at the station Bereket. The Bereket station is an important part of the transnational railway route Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran, and the opening of a new locomotive depot here will allow to bring the work of a large railway enterprise to a new level, to increase the productivity of locomotives and working groups, and to create a favorable condition for workers involved in ensuring safety of train...

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan initiated a course of lectures for young specialists studying in higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan. The lectures of this specialized course will be presented by the heads of diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan abroad. During the course, students and audience will be acquainted with the history of preventive diplomacy, Tu...

On October 23, 2017 in Ashgabat, with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan, celebrations were held on the occasion of the commissioning of a cottage residential complex erected within the 15th line of urban development. Large living estate comprising of 208 double-store cottages and 16 3 and 4-store accommodation houses for 4 and 6 accommodations each have been built in the south-west of Ashgabat along Seidi and Mollanepes streets. The cottages were built by the Union of Industr...