On April 22, 2020, a video conference was held between the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO and the heads of the ministries of culture of the countries of the region. During the meeting, the participants exchanged views on promising areas of partnership, outlining among them the scientific, educational and cultural sphere, interaction in the field of preservation of historical and architectural monuments, and also discussed the preservation and promotion of unique historical and cultural her...

On April 22, 2020, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the form of a video conference with the Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health, Ms. Monika Elua. On the Turkmen side, the meeting was attended by the Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the chairman of the State Association “Türkmenatlary”, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, and the rector of S.A. Niyazov Turkmen Agricultural University. During the meetin...

On April 22, 2020, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.Kamilov.  During the conversation, Ministers discussed the current issues of bilateral cooperation and the perspectives for its further development in political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres.    The need to intensify cooperation in the area of transport was noted.  Also, an e...

On April 21, 2020, during the work of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), elections were held to a number of Council structures. Turkmenistan was elected to two of its important bodies: the UN Commission on Social Development for the period 2021-2025 and the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development for 2021-2024. The election of Turkmenistan to two important bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council is another evidence of the growing authority of our cou...

On the 21st of April, 2020, the first meeting of the Joint working group between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations on socio-economic impact of COVID-19 took place in the premises of the UN Representative Office in Turkmenistan.  The representatives of the United Nations and its structural agencies functioning in our country, as well as the representatives of a number of ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finan...

On April 21, 2020, a working meeting was held in the building of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan on drawing up the National Plan of Turkmenistan on preventing the spread of especially dangerous infectious diseases. The meeting was attended by deputy heads of several ministries and departments of the country, representatives of the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan and the WHO Representative Office in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the part...

In order to ensure the implementation of the state policy on the popularization of healthy lifestyle principles among the youth, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the People’s Republic of China organized a distance sports flashmob for Turkmen students, getting education in the PRC. On April 19, the specialists of the diplomatic mission of our country, members of their families, and Turkmen students, living in various cities of China, took part in competitions in cycling, running, badminton, voll...