THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MINISTERS’ LEVEL HAS FINISHED ITS WORK

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 was organized by UNESCO gave a new push for learning the role of the Great Silk Road in World culture, for defining its present and future development and also for further expansion of international cooperation.

After the conclusion of the event, the Ashgabat Declaration was adopted. In the end of the event there was adopted an address from the participants of the international conference on ministers’ level to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.