On April 9, 2024, during the Organizational Session of ECOSOC, elections to the subsidiary bodies of the Council were held. During the elections, ECOSOC members unanimously elected Turkmenistan as members of the Commission for Social Development for the 2025-2029 term. Thus, Turkmenistan will continue its functions as a member of the Commission, which it performs after its election in 2020.

On April 11, 2024, the Conference “Promoting Peace: implementing strategies to strengthen trust between countries” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The forum brought together representatives of foreign diplomatic missions, foreign ministry employees, parliamentarians, specialists from the Institute of State, Law and Democracy and the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, university faculty and students at the Institute of...

On April 8, 2024, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. Arkadag congratulated the speaker of the upper house of the Parliament of the Russian Federation on her anniversary and on being awarded the title of Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation. During the...

On April 6, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure the implementation of Turkmenistan’s international obligations in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law, which was attended by representatives of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, a number of ministries and sectoral departments and public associations. In accordance with the agenda, the results of the work done by the Interdepartmental Commi...

On April 2, 2024, the presentation of the book by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov “Anau - culture from the depths of millennia” took place at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The presentation was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs R.Meredov, Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Ch.Rustamova, figures in the fields of culture and...

On March 28, 2024, the International Media Forum “Turkmen Land – the Center of Ancient Civilizations” was held at the “Ýyldyz” hotel, timed to coincide with the celebrations marking the declaration of the city of Anau as the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2024 and the 300th anniversary of the birth of Magtymguly Fragi. The event participants included representatives of domestic media, leading news agencies, television and radio companies, film associations, Internet portals, newspape...

On March 27, 2024, the International Scientific Conference “Ancient Culture of Anau” was held in the House of Culture of the city of Anau, Ak Bugday etrap, Ahal velayat, and became one of the main events on the occasion of the proclamation of the city as the Cultural Capital of the Turkic world in 2024. As it is known, this decision was made unanimously following the 39th meeting of the Permanent Council of Ministers of Culture of the member countries of the International Organization of Turk...