INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS: ELECTIONS WERE HELD AT A HIGH ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL On March 26, 2018, the Observer Mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which monitored the election campaign and elections of the Mejlis deputies, held press conferences. The events were attended by representatives of national and foreign media, as well as members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan. Speaking to the audience, th...

CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION OF TURKMENISTAN: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN TURKMENISTAN WERE HELD AT A HIGH LEVEL OF VOTERS' ACTIVITY On March 26, 2018 a briefing of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan G. Muradov, on the results of the elections of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, members of the people’s councils and local councils was held in the conference hall of the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan. The briefing was attended by internation...

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...