On July 18, 2018, the opening ceremony of the first visa service center of Turkmenistan "Silk Road" was held in Beijing. The initiators of the creation of this center were the Embassy of Turkmenistan in China and the leading consulting company of China "Beijing Sungxiong Foreign Service Company". The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of state and large private tourist organizations, public organizations of China, representatives of foreign embassies in Beijing and the media...

On July 16, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council on "Transformations towards a sustainable and resilient society". Opening the forum, the Chairperson of ECOSOC Maria Chatardova noted that seventy-one percent of the world's population has ac...

On July 18, 2018 a seminar aimed at raising awareness and strengthening the capacity of the consular services of the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan in the field of planning and responding to emergencies started its work in Ashgabat in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The seminar was organized by the Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Represe...

On July 17, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin. The UN Under-Secretary-General thanked for the successful holding of the First Global Conference on Sustainable Transport and expressed the commitment to continue to cooperate with Turkmenistan in this direction. The Deputy Foreign Minis...

At the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk, at a meeting of the Council of Permanent representatives of the CIS member states, the participants got acquainted with the preparations for holding the international car rally "Amul-Khazar 2018" (Turkmen Desert Race) in Turkmenistan. The permanent plenipotentiary representatives of the CIS member states were introduced to the new rally included in the sports calendar of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Turkmenistan's sporting achievement...

On July 10 to 16, 2018 in the city of Aktau (Republic of Kazakhstan) the Asian Championship in jiu-jitsu among men's and women's teams has been held. Competitions were held in the sports complex "Mangystau Arena". More than 400 athletes from 20 countries took part in the championship. This championship was represented by the rules of the International Jiu-Jitsu Federation (JJIF) in the sections of fighting, "non-vase", duo and contact systems. The national team of Turkmenistan in the champ...

As part of the fulfillment of the tasks of the President of Turkmenistan to conduct international rally "Amul-Khazar 2018" at a high organizational level, as well as to promote and popularize the international rally, relevant events are being held in the country and abroad. On July 3, 2018, at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the People's Republic of China, on July 5, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, on July 9, in the multi-purpose Islamabad Club, the Embassy...