THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN PUT FORWARD INITIATIVES ADDRESSING THE 71ST SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY On 22 September 2016, in the framework of the second day of participation of Turkmenistan’s delegationin the work of the segment of high level of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan speaking from the tribune of the global forum, voiced the country’s positions on main directions of state policy aimed at strengthening peace and se...

Briefing at the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under President of Turkmenistan On 23 September 2016, a briefing devoted to the adoption of the new edition of the Constitution of Turkmenistan was held at the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under President of Turkmenistan. The briefing was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan, and the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and...

An International Sports Media Forum opened in Turkmenistan Yesterday morning, the heads of international structures of sports journalism and media representatives, who arrived in Ashgabat at the Sports Media Forum, participated in a ceremony honoring the Turkmen athletes who distinguished themselves at the II World Nomads Games held in Kyrgyzstan. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made a speech at the ceremony, who stressed that the development of sports in the country and t...

Delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in the OSCE meeting on human dimension issues   On September 19, 2016 the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) holds in Warsaw the OSCE meeting to review the implementation of the commitments, the Human Dimension implementation meeting - Europe's largest human rights conference. This meeting has been held for more than fifteen years. This two-week meeting in the Polish capital is attended by the representatives of OSCE parti...

President of Turkmenistan participated in the solemn ceremony of inauguration of the complex of the new International airport in Ashgabat  On September 17, 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated in the solemn ceremony of the inauguration of the complex of the new International Airport, designed to become the main "air gates" of Turkmenistan. The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of a number of international and regional organizations s...

An international media forum dedicated to the Global Conference on Sustainable Transport completed its work in Ashgabat On September 16, 2016 Ashgabat hosted an international media forum organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dedicated to the first Global Conference on the Sustainable Transport. The forum was attended by foreign and domestic journalists, experts, representatives of relevant ministries and departments. In particular, representatives of a number of international news...

In Turkmenistan a Constitutional Law on Approval of the new edition of the Constitution of the country is adopted. The Constitutional Law on Approval of the new edition of the Constitution of Turkmenistan is adopted at the session of the Council of Elders held in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat. Adoption of the Constitutional Law has become a logical continuation of the Constitutional reform, initiated in the country, and aimed at further improvement of political system, stage-by-stage dem...