On December 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation led by Ms. Ashita Mittal, Regional Representative for Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side thanked the UNODC regional representative for accepting an invitation to participate in the events dedicated to International Neutrality Day and the active participat...

On December 10, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting with a delegation led by Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations on humanitarian issues of partnership with countries of the Middle East and Central Asia, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted the humanitarian support of Turkmenistan, periodically provided to neighboring countries, as well as countries affected by natural phenomena a...

On December 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Apostolic Nunciature of the Vatican in Turkmenistan Paul Fitzpatrick Russell. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side expressed its gratitude to Mr. Ambassador for participating in the events dedicated to the neutrality of Turkmenistan. The appointment of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Vatic...

On December 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium to Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Bert Schoofs, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the events dedicated to International Neutrality Day. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for participating in the festivities. During the meeting, the parties considered the possibility of...

On December 10, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs there was a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland in Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku), Mr. Marek Janusz Tsalka, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the events on the occasion of the International neutrality day. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations and discussed issues of further enhancing cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Repu...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States-Parties to the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) continued its work in the format of plenary sessions in the National tourist zone “Avaza”. During the speeches at the meeting, participants touched on the role of international cooperation in the development of transport and transit corridors, multimodal transport and their prospects in the transport corridor of Lapis-Lazuli an...

On December 7, 2018 at the capital’s hotel “Yildyz” there has finished the work of the international conference on ministers’ level “Importance of the Great Silk Road: present and future development”. During the conference there were discussed the following themes: “From Historical Routes to Modern Highways: Revival of the Great Silk Road”, “Shared Heritage and Plural Identities along the Silk Road” and “Spreading of Culture through Commerce along the Great Silk Road”. The conference, which w...