On December 6, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Russian Federation on a working visit to attend an informal meeting of the heads of CIS member states. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proceeded to the Boris Yeltsin Library from the St. Petersburg International Airport, where a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. After mutual greetings and traditional photo-sharing...

On December 6, 2018, in “Yyldyz” Hotel of Ashgabat an international ministerial conference on the theme “Importance of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development” organized by the Government of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNESCO concluded the plenary sessions. The purpose of the international conference, which is held with the participation of representatives from about 40 countries, is to reveal the role and the importance of the Great Silk Road for sustainable development, dis...

On December 6, 2018 in the building of the agricultural complex of Turkmenistan, an international seminar "The successes achieved in the field of environmental protection and international cooperation in the year, held under the motto" Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road "with the joint organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on environmental protection and land resources. The workshop was attended by representatives...

On December 6, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has gone to Sankt-Petersburg, the Russian Federation, on a working visit. During the visit President of Turkmenistan plans to participate and make a speech at the informal Summit of  the Heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

On December 6, 2018, at the “Yyldyz” Hotel of the capital there was held the opening ceremony of an international conference at the ministerial level on the theme: “Importance of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development”, organized by UNESCO in cooperation with the Government of Turkmenistan. At the opening ceremony of the conference, the Minister of Culture of Turkmenistan A. Shamyradov made an opening speech. Then he gave the floor to the Deputy Chairwoman of the Cabinet of Minis...

On December 4, 2018, a video conference was held in Ashgabat to discuss the preparation of the new Aral Sea Basin Program (ASBP-4), which was attended by staff of the IFAS Executive Board, national experts from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of international organizations. At the beginning of the meeting, national experts presented reports on the processes for preparing project proposals from their countries. Following the discussion, it was...

On December 3-5, 2018, Ashgabat hosted a course of lectures of Ambassador Mrs. Swanee Hunt for students and staff of the ministries and government agencies on the theme “The role of women in the security and development process”, organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). This course of lectures is devoted to the role of women in conflict resolution, gender stereotypes in matters of war and peace. Speaking at the opening of this event at the International Uni...