THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION "PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH SPORT AND THE OLYMPIC IDEAL" On March 23, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), at its 37th session, unanimously adopted the Resolution "Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympie ideal", which reflects the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on encouraging valuable contribution of Olympic refugee teams in strengthening peace and human right...

MEETING WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SCO WAS HELD AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN On March 24, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) N. Akkoshkarov, who arrived in Ashgabat at the head of a mission of international observers from the SCO to the parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan. The main topic of the meeting was the parliamentary elect...

MEETING AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CIS On March 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary S.N.Lebedev, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the mission of CIS observers to participate in the assessment of the forthcoming parliamentary elections. During the conversation, an exchange of vie...

PRESS RELEASE In recent days, distorted information about allegedly illegal activities of Turkmenistan's border services with respect to the Iranian vessel has spread in the media of Iran and other countries. The Turkmen side states that on March 21, 2018, the border services of Turkmenistan suppressed an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of narcotic drugs by a group of citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran that violated the state border of Turkmenistan on the motorway boat in Turkmen...

SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL CONFERENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN On March 20, 2018, a scientific and practical conference "Diplomacy of Neutral Turkmenistan: From History to the Future" was held in Ashgabat, timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. In...

CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL NOVRUZ FEAST IN ISTANBUL On 21 March 2018 a concert, exhibition and a reception was organized in Istanbul by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul Governorate and Consulates General of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan devoted for the celebration International Novruz Holiday. Additionally, professors, residents of Istanbul and journalists alongside with students from Turkmenistan and other countries participated to the activities....

ROUND TABLE ON BILATERAL COOPERATION ALONG THE ROUTES OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD WAS HELD IN BEIJING On March 19, 2018, the Turkmen-Chinese round table devoted to the issues of bilateral cooperation along the routes of the great Silk Road was held in the conference hall of Beijing transport university. The round table was timed to the announcement of 2018 "Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk road". The event was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in China, the Beijing Transport Un...