On May 19, 2020, the third meeting of the Joint Turkmen-Uzbek Commission on International Road Transport in online mode was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was held at the level of deputy heads of relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the meeting, held in the form of a videoconference, an exchange of views took place on enhancing cooperation mechanisms in the field of transportation and transit through the state borders of the two countries of...

On May 18-19, 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly took place in a video conference format. The session was attended by ministers and deputy ministers of health of WHO Member States, leaders and representatives of the WHO system. At the event, the Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan and the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva. At the opening of the meeting, the Director-General of the World Healt...

On May 16, 2020, the conference “The Constitution of the Independent, Permanently Neutral Turkmenistan and the State Flag of Turkmenistan: statehood, justice, peace and development” dedicated to the 25th anniversary of permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan under the slogan “Turkmenistan – Home of Neutrality” and the Day of the Constitution and State Flag Day of Turkmenistan was held in the building of the Center for Public Organizations of Turkmenistan. The members of the deputies of the Mejli...

On May 15, 2020, a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat. During the session, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution “On the entry of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization as an observer.” In accordance with the Document, immediately today, the Turkmen side sent the application letter on the accession to the World Trade Organization as an observer to the Director-General of the WTO.  In line with the WTO proced...

On May 14, 2020, a working meeting was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to discuss the impact of especially dangerous infectious diseases on the socio-economic situation in the region and Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economics, Labor and Social Welfare, Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, as well as the State Statistics Committee and the Central Bank of Turkmenistan....

On May 14, 2020, an online scientific conference on the topic “Preventive Diplomacy: An Example of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and the UNRCCA” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. This event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan jointly with the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, the Permanent Missi...

On May 14, 2020, the online presentation of the regional initiative of the International Organization for Migration entitled “New Horizons of Cooperation amid COVID-19 Pandemic” was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the MFA, State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of the IOM member states from Central Asia, Russia and Europe, IOM experts, and donor organizations took part in the event.  The presentation session was...