On December 3-5, 2018, Ashgabat hosted a course of lectures of Ambassador Mrs. Swanee Hunt for students and staff of the ministries and government agencies on the theme “The role of women in the security and development process”, organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). This course of lectures is devoted to the role of women in conflict resolution, gender stereotypes in matters of war and peace. Speaking at the opening of this event at the International Uni...

On December 4, 2018, a video conference was held in Ashgabat to discuss the preparation of the new Aral Sea Basin Program (ASBP-4), which was attended by staff of the IFAS Executive Board, national experts from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of international organizations. At the beginning of the meeting, national experts presented reports on the processes for preparing project proposals from their countries. Following the discussion, it was...

On December 4, 2018, the Fifth meeting of the Coordination Committee on the Serial Nomination of the World Heritage of the Silk Road on the UNESCO World Heritage List began at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, which will continue until December 5, 2018. This meeting was attended by the representatives of the national coordination centers and experts from fourteen countries that are members of the Intergovernmental Coordination Committee on the Serial Nomination of the Silk Road...

On the 4th of December, 2018 at the capital’s “Yildyz” hotel there was an Expert Meeting on the theme “Traditional Sports and Games  of the Interactive Atlas of Cultural Interactions along the Silk Road” with the participation of the representatives of UNESCO and other International Organizations. The Representative of Turkmenistan Government and Representative of UNESCO made their presentations in the opening ceremony of the Meeting. Also there was held a presentation of UNESKO’s Silk Road p...

On November 29-30, 2018 the Days of culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan are being held in Turkmenistan. As part of the Days of culture, an exhibition of decorative applied arts, museum valuables and a photo exhibition were organized at the Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan. The Days of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which are held in Turkmenistan, will be an important step in strengthening cooperation in the cultural-humanitarian sphere between the two countries, as well as in uni...

On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States-Parties to the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) continued its work in the format of plenary sessions in the National tourist zone “Avaza”. During the speeches at the meeting, participants touched on the role of international cooperation in the development of transport and transit corridors, multimodal transport and their prospects in the transport corridor of Lapis-Lazuli an...

On November 26-27, 2018, the 13th meeting of the senior officials of the countries participating in the “Japan + Central Asia” dialogue was held in Tokyo. During the meeting, issues of mutually beneficial bilateral and regional cooperation between the countries of Central Asia and Japan were considered. In particular, an exchange of views took place on interaction in such areas as tourism, transport and logistics, agriculture and water management, trade and economics, regional cooperation and...