On December 7, 2023, Chairman of the Mejlis D.Gulmanova accepted credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to Turkmenistan Badr Abdullah al-Munikh. On behalf of the head of the Turkmen state, the head of the national Parliament congratulated the diplomat on his appointment to a responsible post, wishing him success in the noble mission of deepening multifaceted cooperation between the two countries and strengthening the ties of friendship between...

On December 7, 2023, Chairman of the Mejlis D.Gulmanova accepted credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Turkmenistan Bright Kupemba. On behalf of the head of state, the head of the national Parliament congratulated the plenipotentiary representative of a friendly country on his appointment to a responsible diplomatic post, wishing him success in fulfilling the important mission entrusted to him. Expressing gratitude for the receptio...

On December 7, 2023, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Thomas Schuller-Götzburg and the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit . During the meeting, an interested exchange of views took place on the state of Turkmen-Austrian cooperation in the political-diploma...

On December 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiev accepted copies of credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tehran) Badr Abdullah al-Munikh. The Deputy Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and confirmed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide support and assistance in fulfilling his diplomatic mission to strengthen Turkmen-Kuwaiti...

On December 7, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.Myatiev accepted copies of credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Turkmenistan (with residence in Tehran) Bright Kupemba. The Deputy Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to a responsible post and confirmed the readiness of the Turkmen side to provide support and assistance in fulfilling his diplomatic mission to strengthen Turkmen-Zimbabwean rel...

During the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on December 5, 2023, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected to the Commission on Population and Development for the term 2024-2028. With strong support from the Council’s members, Turkmenistan now extends its membership in the Commission for the next consecutive period continuing its terms of 2016-2020 and 2020-2024. As one of ECOSOC's ten functional commissions, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) a...

From 5 to 9 December 2023, the 18th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is taking place in Kasane, Republic of Botswana. The delegation of Turkmenistan led by the Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Ch. Rustemova took part in this session. On December 5, 2023, as part of the event, based on broad consensus, without voting, the above Committee unanimously decided to include the nomin...