Declaration on Encouragement of valuable contribution of the Refugees Olympic teams to consolidation of peace and human rights initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was unanimously adopted in Geneva, where 36th session of the United Nations Council for Human Rights is held these days. I was lately joined by Brazil.  29 countries UN members including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, France, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhsta...

On September 18, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting with the Singapore delegation headed by the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Labor Resources of the Republic of Singapore Sam Tan. In the course of the meeting, noting the importance of the visits at the highest level in terms of developing friendly relations between the two countries, the Singaporean party proposed to expand cooperation in this direction. The sides also expressed interest in devel...

On September 18, 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Thai delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, General Thanasak Patimapragorn, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Expressing sincere gratitude for the warm hospitality, the guest stressed that the Kingdom of Thailand highly appreciates the policy of neutrality and good neighborliness...

On September 18, 2017, there was a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan on parliamentary issues, Mr. Hori Manabu, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Hori Manabu congratulated Turkmenistan on the successful holding of the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Games. During the meeting, the parties disc...

On September 16, 2017 the first game day in the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ended. The official opening of the Games took place on September 17, but the first sets of jiu-jitsu and the national Turkmen wrestling awards was played, the futsal team matches started. As a result of the first day of the competition, the Turkmen team leads with 37 medals, including 16 gold, 14 silver and 7 bronze medals. The first "gold" in the treasury of the national team brought the competition in jiu-...

On September 17, 2017 in Ashgabat with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, heads of states and governments of several countries, prominent foreign figures, heads of international organizations and other honorary guests, the official opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was held. In the second half of the day, the head of state arrived at the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, where participants...

On September 16, 2017, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matvienko, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. During the meeting, the sides discussed the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation in the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. The Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia highly app...