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Visit of the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Kazakhstan
On September 8, 2024, a working visit of the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Kazakhstan took place to participate in the official opening ceremony of the 5th World Nomad Games at the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. At the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana, where the Guard of Honor was lined up, the National Leader of the Turkmen People, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly...
UN General Assembly Resolution “United Nations Games” adopted
On 6 September 2024, the Resolution “United Nations Games” initiated by Turkmenistan and India under agenda item 11 “Sport for peace and development: Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideals” was considered and adopted during the 107th plenary meeting of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. While presenting the resolution, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Aksoltan Ataeva noted that the resolution is aimed at establishing a solid platf...
On the visit of the Turkmen delegation to Helsinki
On September 5, 2024, a round table was held in the EastCham Finland building in Helsinki with the participation of leading Finnish companies "Finnish Water Forum", "Watermaster", "Wärtsilä", "Agronic Oy", "Reorbit", the Finnish Meteorological Institute and others. At the event, the Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova, and the Finnish side was led by Director General of "EastCham Finland" Ms. Jaana Rekolainen. In their speech, the...
Turkmenistan is committed to cooperation with the International Road Transport Union
On 6 September 2024, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov and the Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto. During the meeting, the parties noted the positive cooperation experience between Turkmenistan and IRU, as well as defined further actions to improve interconnectivity between the countries through the development of multimodal transit-transp...
A meeting was held with the Regional Representative of the UN OHCHR for Central Asia
On September 4, 2024, a meeting was held between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Akhmet Gurbanov and the Regional Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia (OHCHR) Matilda Bogner. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on further strengthening cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN OHCHR. In this context, it was emphasized that in order to further improve democratic institutions and effectively imple...
Turkmen-Swedish cooperation discussed in Stockholm
On 3 September 2024, Turkmen-Swedish political consultations were held in Stockholm. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova, the Swedish side was led by Tobias Thyberg, Head of the Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. During the inter-MFA consultations, the sides discussed the current state of bilateral relations and opportunities for their development. The sides also exchan...
Turkmenistan’s youth at the forefront of climate initiatives
On 3 September 2024, ahead of the Conference of Youth (COY19) and the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a meeting of the youth of Turkmenistan took place at the Turkmen State Agricultural Institute in Dashoguz. The event was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the Embassies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom and the United Ara...