On July 18, 2018 in the afternoon, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov made a presentation at the general debate of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. In his speech, he noted the effective integration of SDGs and associated tasks into national development strategies of Turkmenistan, taking into account local peculiarities and priorities. He also took part in the event entitled "Improving Sustainability by Achieving th...

On July 17, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin. The UN Under-Secretary-General thanked for the successful holding of the First Global Conference on Sustainable Transport and expressed the commitment to continue to cooperate with Turkmenistan in this direction. The Deputy Foreign Minis...

Social and economic strategy of the Head of Turkmenistan stipulates transfer of the country to new level of development drive by mobilization of intensive sources of growth, first of all, by improvement of human factor, development and introduction of innovative technologies and advanced management methods. Solution of these objectives is closely related with the promotion of sanatorium and resort business, which is to support the provision of physical wealth of people, increment of live leve...

On July 16, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of the Ministerial segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council on "Transformations towards a sustainable and resilient society". Opening the forum, the Chairperson of ECOSOC Maria Chatardova noted that seventy-one percent of the world's population has ac...

On July 10 to 16, 2018 in the city of Aktau (Republic of Kazakhstan) the Asian Championship in jiu-jitsu among men's and women's teams has been held. Competitions were held in the sports complex "Mangystau Arena". More than 400 athletes from 20 countries took part in the championship. This championship was represented by the rules of the International Jiu-Jitsu Federation (JJIF) in the sections of fighting, "non-vase", duo and contact systems. The national team of Turkmenistan in the champ...

The delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan participated in the 27th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which was held on July 7-11, 2018 in Berlin.  The annual session of the OSCE PA in 2018 was held in the German Bundestag under the theme "Implementation of OSCE commitments: the role of parliaments". More than 300 parliamentarians from 53 OSCE participating States, dozens of international organizations and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited to the FRG took p...

Regional project “Integrated management of natural resources in the drought and salinization of agricultural production landscapes of Central Asia and Turkey” until 2021 is starting. It will be carried out by the State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources under support of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization and the Global Environmental Facility.  Cooperation of the state under this project will be built on integrated approach to the management of water and land resources...