Declaration on Encouragement of valuable contribution of the Refugees Olympic teams to consolidation of peace and human rights initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was unanimously adopted in Geneva, where 36th session of the United Nations Council for Human Rights is held these days. I was lately joined by Brazil.  29 countries UN members including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, France, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhsta...

The official opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is well underway in the Turkmen capital. It is attended by President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, heads of state and government of some countries, foreign leading figures and other honorary guests.  In the afternoon, the head of state arrived at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Among those who gathered to mark the event were Cabinet Deputies Chairman, Ashgabat city khyakim, senior officials of military and law enf...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with President of the Republic of Armenia Serj Sargsyan who arrived in Turkmen capital for participation in the opening ceremony of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.  Having warmly greeted each other, the Leaders of two countries had joint photo on the background of the State Flags of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Armenia.  President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed the gratitude to high ranking guest for acceptance of the...

The first gaming day of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is completed. The official opening of the Games is to be held on September 17 however, the first sets of medals in jujitsu and national Turkmen wrestling have been contested and futsal matches have been started. By the results of the competitions, Turkmenistan national team leads in total medal count with 37 medals where 16 gold, 14 silver and 7 bronze medals.  The first gold to the collection of national team was brought by jujits...

The Joint Statement of Turkmenistan and Brazil "On Encouraging the Valuable Contribution of the Olympic Teams of Refugees to the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights" adopted on September 15, 2017, at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) in Geneva, Switzerland, on the initiative of the Government of Turkmenistan was supported by many foreign governmental and international experts in the field of human rights. For example, on its online information portals, the US diplomatic...

Ceremonial award of Turkmen Leader with the highest award of Moldova – the Order of the Republic took place after the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon. Presenting the award Igor Dodon Said:  Esteemed Mr President! Let me express the gratitude on behalf of the people and the Government of Moldova for that large-scale work that you do for consolidation of our bilateral relations. The people of Moldova is grate...

On September 15, 2017, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) adopted the Joint Statement of Turkmenistan and Brazil "On encouraging valuable contribution of Olympic refugee teams in strengthening peace and human rights", initiated by the Government of Turkmenistan. According to this document, UN HRC member states welcome the participation of refugees and refugee teams in major international multi-sport events, as pioneered in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and, most recentl...