On December 19, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara) Mr. Girma Temesgen Barkessa, who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. The Ambassador presented copies of his credentials to the Turkmen side and assured that he will make every effort to bring bilateral relations to a new level of cooperation. Noting...

The Centre of Public Organizations of Turkmenistan hosted conference “health Life Style – Guarantee of Healthy Generation”, which was organized by the Mejlis, ministries of health protection and medical industry, education, sports and youth affairs, Academy of sciences, National Society of Red Crescent, public organizations. Elders, professors, lecturers and students of high educational institutes of the country have also taken part in the event. The goal of the forum is to develop agreed mea...

The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, having approved the Regulation of the state regulation of physical persons – individual entrepreneurs, which are engaged in entrepreneurship activity without formation of legal entity. The Ministry of Finances and Economy together with the Ministry of Justice were assigned to develop and present proposals on amendments and addendums of the legislation of Turkmenistan followed from this Resolution to the Cabinet of Ministers within one month...

The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution authorising the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs together with the Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan and the World Tennis Federation to hold the round of the Davis Cup International Tennis tournament in the Tennis Complex of the Olympic Village of Ashgabat on June 8 – 15, 2020. Organization committee for conduct of the above-mentioned international competitions has been established and its composition has been approved according to the d...

On December 18, 2019, in the Turkmenistan Hall of the UN Geneva Branch, a meeting of SPECA Ambassadors was held to discuss the outcome of the "SPECA Days" of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), which took place on November 18-21 this year in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) O. Algaerova, Representative of the Visegrad Foundation, Ambassadors and diplomats of SPECA countries,...

On December 18, 2019, a meeting of the delegation of Turkmenistan with the UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for protection Gillian Triggs took place within the framework of the UN Global Refugee Forum at the UN Geneva Office. During the meeting, the Turkmen delegation congratulated the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the successful high-level organization of the First Global Refugee Forum at the UN Geneva office. The meeting highlighted the positive experi...

On December 18, 2019, multilateral consultations on the development of the United Nations Special Program for the Aral Sea Basin (UN SPAS) were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the consultations the participants discussed the issues of the current status and experience of cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and noted documents, signed between two Organizations. The speakers underlined that the United Nations...