On 15 May 2023, at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, the seventy-ninth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) began its work. Guided by the theme "Accelerating Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific for Sustainable Development", the annual session will provide an opportunities to strengthen regional cooperation on climate change. The session brought together Government leaders from across Asia and the Pacific and other key stakeholders...

On 13-14 May 2023, a joint cultural festival of Central Asian countries was held in the Republic of Korea. At the opening ceremony of the two-day spring festival, the Executive Director of the "Central Asia-Republic of Korea" Cooperation Forum Secretariat Mr. Rhee Jong Kook, as well as the heads of the diplomatic missions of the Central Asian countries, accredited to the Republic of Korea, emphasized the importance of organizing such events to increase the mutual enrichment of cultures and th...

On May 15, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran Golda El-Khoury. Noting the high interest of UNESCO in further deepening the constructive dialogue with Turkmenistan, Golda El-Khoury stressed that last year the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, at the initiative of the Turkmen state, was supplemented with such types of intangible heritage as “Turkmen art of embroidery”, “Seri...

On May 15, 2023, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Founder of Peace and National Unity - the Leader of the Nation Emomali Rahmon. Touching upon the topic of bilateral partnership, the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan emphasized that today cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan is developing i...

Today, on May 15, 2023, in Astana, the Turkmen delegation took part in the 12th meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation co-chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Batyr Atdaev and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the topics discussed at the 11th meeting of the IGC, held in Ashgabat in December 2021. Other iss...

Today, on May 15, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova held talks with the Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office Golda el-Khoury, during which topical issues of cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNESCO were discussed. The parties exchanged views on the current state of cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNESCO. In this context, as noted by the Turkmen diplomat, the constructive cooperation of Turkmenistan with Organization is based on the positiv...

On May 13, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Special Representative of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (full minister rank) Ma Zhaoxu. Ma Zhaoxu conveyed to the President of Turkmenistan warm greetings from the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and an invitation to take part in the upcoming Central Asia + China Summit on May 18-19 this year. In this regard, it was noted that the Ch...