A HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN CENTRAL ASIA WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT On April 30, 2018, in Ashgabat, the High-Level Meeting "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia" was held, and the third phase of a joint project supporting the Joint Action Plan for Central Asia (SAP) was launched. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Regional Center for...

Turkmenbashy International Seaport is to be opened on May 2. New port infrastructure in Caspian Sea will provide the growth of international cargo traffic, will make the conditions for increment of export potential of the country, will shorten the time and route of big transit cargo traffic to commodity and raw material markets of Middle East and other regions.  Turkmenbashy seaport is multifunctional coastal infrastructure with high transport potential. Annual throughput capacity of new port...

On April 30, 2018, in Ashgabat, the High-Level Meeting "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia" was held, and the third phase of a joint project supporting the Joint Action Plan for Central Asia (SAP) was launched. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), with the participation of the UN Under-Secretary-General...

On April 30, 2018 in Ashgabat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Aibek Omokeev, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the High-level Meeting on "Towards a comprehensive implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia". During the meeting, noting the stable nature of bilateral relations, the sides discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation. Among the pr...

On April 30, 2018, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General and head of the UN Counter-Terrorism Department Vladimir Voronkov who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the High-Level Meeting "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia". During the negotiations, the sides discussed cooperation in the implementation of the third phase of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy...

On April 30, 2018 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov had a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Ashikbayev who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the High Level Meeting on "Towards a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia". During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the state of relations in a bilateral and multilateral form...

On April 30, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Head of the Country Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ms. Paulina Karvovska. During the meeting, the sides expressed satisfaction with the results of Turkmenistan's long-term cooperation with the WHO and discussed issues of further multi-pronged partnership. The parties briefly reviewed the priorities for cooperation under the Biennial Collaborative Agreement for 2018-2019. Noting t...