The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea)....

The delegation of Turkmenistan attended the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which was held on December 7-8 in Vienna, Austria. Heads of the ministries of foreign affairs from 57 states of the OSCE region and delegations from 11 Partners for Co-operation took part in the Ministerial Council meeting, which was chaired by OSCE Chairman-in-Office S.Kurz, Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Security issues in OSCE participating States, pre...

On December 6, 2017, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held with the delegation of the European Union led by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luke Pierre Devin. The agenda of the meeting included issues of bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest. Noting Turkmenistan's commitment to developing cooperation with EU institut...

On December 1, 2017 in the hall of Press conferences of the Noyan Tapan Information Center the Embassy of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Armenia held a briefing dedicated to the adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution initiated by Turkmenistan “December 12th  - International Day of Neutrality” The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the heads of diplomatic missions and diplomats accredited in Armenia, representatives of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, profess...

The 28th meeting of the International Energy Charter Conference has opened in a conference hall of Ashgabat’s Oguzkent Hotel as Turkmenistan holds the chairmanship of the organization in the running year. Among those in attendance were top officials and representatives of sectoral ministries and agencies from foreign member-countries and countries with observer status, a number of reputable international and regional organizations, local and foreign media. The Turkmen capital, which welcomed...

In the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held with Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger, who arrived in our country to participate in the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference. The subject of an exchange of views was the key directions for the development of long-term effective international partnership models during Turkmenistan’s presidency of the Energy Charter Conference in 2017, as well as prospects for cooperati...

The joint project of the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan and the UN Development Programme continues the work on the introduction of the innovative educational technologies and modern educational learning materials. The programme of the visit of the international expert in the sphere of information technology, representing the Republic of Moldova focused Ion Koshulyanu focuses on these aspects. The use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) c...