On December 17, 2019, within the framework of the First Global Refugee Forum, a delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan had a meeting with the Director General of this organization Antonio Vitorino in the Central Building of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). During the meeting, the parties noted the positive practice of cooperation between Turkmenistan and IOM. It was especially noted that the issues of ensuring the rights of refugees...

On December 17, 2019, in the town of Turgundi of the province of Herat of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, celebrations were held on the occasion of the transfer of powerful electric power equipment for the needs of the economy of a friendly country. In accordance with a document signed by the President of Turkmenistan in November of this year, a transformer of 220/110/10 kV with a capacity of 125 MW and auxiliary equipment are transferred to the Afghan side as humanitarian aid. This will...

A delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan takes part in the First Global Refugee Forum, which takes place on December 17 - 18, 2019 at the UN Geneva office. The forum is attended by the heads of several states, international organizations, experts, representatives of non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of enterprises and companies. The UN Secretary General A. Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees F. Grande, Advisor to th...

On December 17, 2019, a workshop was held in the building of the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia on mutually beneficial cooperation through innovative technologies in rational use of water-energy resources among Central Asian states. The main goal of the seminar was to provide in-depth information on international legislative norms and standards in the field of water and energy cooperation, as well as discuss the draft provisions of the task force group (TFG), work pr...

“As advised by Turkmenistan, in frames of the 14th annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held in Bogota (Colombia) on December 9-14, the members of the committee unanimously decided to include the Turkmen national art of carpet weaving into the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. I heartily congratulate you on this historically significant ev...

On December 16, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China led by the Deputy Minister of International Relations Xiang Hunshan. At the meeting, the parties discussed the current state of cooperation between the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. During the talks, the sides exchanged views on a number...

On 16 December, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a farewell meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Turkmenistan Sayed Mohammad Akhmadi, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side congratulated Mr. Ambassador on the successful completion of his mission. The parties also exchanged views on current state of relations between two countries. Issues of further intensification...