On the 9th of April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has started in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat city. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, as well as the responsible representatives working in the sphere of healthcare from aroun...

On April 9, 2019, a meeting was held at the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan with Ms. Piroska Östlin, Acting World Health Organization Regional Director for Europe, who arrived in the Turkmen capital to attend the WHO High-Level European Conference on Non-communicable Diseases. During the meeting, Ms. Piroska Östlin was acquainted with the main directions of Turkmenistan’s activities in the field of healthcare. The WHO positively assessed its cooperation with Turkmenistan on non-communicable...

On April 8, 2019, a briefing on the first Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held in Turkmenistan on August 12, 2019, was organized by the Permanent Representation of Turkmenistan in Geneva at the United Nations Geneva office. Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, as well as Ambassadors and representatives from other countries took part in the briefing, which was held in the Turkmen room of the UN Geneva Offi...

On April 8, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the United Arab Emirates Serdarmammet Saparmammedovich Garajaev presented to President of the Republic of Iraq Barham Salih his credential letters as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Iraq (with the residence in Abu-Dhabi).

On the 7th of April 2019, the World Health Day was successfully celebrated in Turkmenistan. Numerous sport and physical culture activities including different competitions and contests were held in the country. Being a state that has turned into one of the centers of world level sport events, Turkmenistan is preparing to host yet another grand sports event.  Thus, according to the resolution of the Executive Committee of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), the World Sambo Championship...

Upon instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, on April 4-6, 2019, a delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was in Moscow to participate in the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States. During the visit to Moscow, the delegation of Turkmenistan held a number of official and work meetings. During the official meeting with V.Chuichenko, Dep...

On the 4th of April 2019, a briefing dedicated to signing of bilateral documents with specialized agencies of the UN was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, in participation of the representatives of national and foreign mass media and press attachés of the embassies and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan. The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Elena Panova, UNDP R...