The latest issue of ‘Democracy and Law’, published by the Institute of State, Law and Democracy, opens with an article entitled ‘Permanent Neutrality: The Triumph of Peace and Positive Cooperation’. The article highlights the role and importance of Turkmenistan’s foreign-policy strategy in tackling global challenges of today, strengthening peace and security, and looks at the positive cooperation with the UN across a wide spectrum of issues, including in environmental diplomacy and the SDG imple...

Regular issues of scientific and practical magazine Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan published by the Foreign Ministry in Turkmen, Russian and English languages is dedicated to the review of important events of foreign activity of our country in the fourth quarter of the last year. The magazine is opened by traditional section highlighting the talks held by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with high-rank officials of foreign countries. It includes the information about working...

On January 22, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with a delegation headed by Urban Rusnac, Secretary General of the Energy Charter, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the talks, the sides discussed a number of issues, related to the development of bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Energy Charter, which intensified its activities on December 19, 2008. As part of the signed on November 28, 2017 Memorandum of Understa...

On January 21, 2019 the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Republic of the Philippines (with the residence in Tokyo) Gurbanmamet Elyasov presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte. After the presentation of credentials, the Ambassador and the President held a bilateral meeting, during which the Ambassador conveyed warm greetings and best wishes on behalf of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed to the President of the R...

On January 16, 2019, a joint meeting was held with the participation of leaders and students of the Maxim Tank Minsk State Pedagogical University at the Minsk National Linguistic University. The meeting with Turkmen students was attended by the Turkmen delegation consisting of the Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of the Youth Union of Turkmenistan named after Magtymguly and Director of the National Institute of Education of Turkmenistan, which was in the Republic of Belarus on a working...

On the 21st of January 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Japanese delegation that arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit and headed by the Vice-president of “ITOCHU Corporation” and Co-chairman of Japanese-Turkmen Committee for Economic Cooperation Mr. Yoichi Kobayashi. During the meeting, participants noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan, particularly in the economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. The issues...

An informational meeting was held on January 20, 2019 at the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva in the light of the 144th session of the WHO Executive Board, chaired by the Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe Ms. Zsuzsanna Jakab. The meeting was attended by the delegations of the member countries, representatives of international organizations, as well as ambassadors, Permanent representatives accredited in Geneva. Participants discussed issues of part...