On March 13, Turkmen Airlines will organize an export flight on the route Warsaw (Poland) - Turkmenabat. The special flight was organized by agreement of the relevant diplomatic departments with the aim of the safe return of Turkmen students home due to the difficult situation in Ukraine.
Russia lifted restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 on flights to eight countries, including Turkmenistan. This was reported by TASS on Friday, with reference to the press service of the Federal Air Transport Agency.
Turkmenistan Airlines organized the evacuation of Turkmen citizens who were in Ukraine and who were evacuated to Romania.
Technology Transfer Center – such a unit was created at the Technology Center of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan in early 2022.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the local company “Orlan”, held the final event of the “Handmade Exports 2021” (HME) startup incubator program.
Following the goals set out in the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the Joint Action Plan for Central Asia, Turkmenistan proposes to intensify consultations with the UN Counter-Terrorism Office to consider possible formats and modalities for the Counter-Terrorism Office Program Office in Ashgabat.
An OSCE-organized regional online workshop on international humanitarian assistance for refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons, concluded in Ashgabat on 4 March 2022.
Within the framework of the joint project of UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan "Sustainable Cities in Turkmenistan: Integrated Green Urban Development in Ashgabat and Avaza”, UNDP with the support of UNEP organized a webinar on the intermediate results of the preparation of the Fourth National Communication on Climate Change (NC4) and First Biennial Update Report of Turkmenistan under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's accession to the United Nations was marked by a series of events, among which stood a solemn meeting at the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
When forming its approaches to the problem of ensuring universal security, Turkmenistan is based on the fundamental concept of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov about the integrity and indivisibility of this concept, both in the geopolitical sense and in terms of the interconnectedness of its specific aspects.
From March 2 – 4, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a regional workshop in Tashkent for the Heads of Investigation Units of the Border Guard and Law Enforcement Agencies from Central Asian countries.
Speaking at the International Conference “Regional Cooperation of the Central Asian Countries in the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, Ms. German stated that UNRCCA (headquartered in Ashgabat) and the CTU, within the framework of a separate project, help the Central Asian countries to increase professional potential in such areas as combating terrorist financing, border security, cybersecurity, increasing the role of civil society, especially youth and women, as well as the media and religious leaders in preventing security threats.
UN Deputy Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov, speaking at the International Conference "Regional Cooperation of the Central Asian Countries in the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy", said that the countries of the region have already assumed great responsibility in preventing the spread of terroristic threats.
Today, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s accession to the United Nations, the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a new project “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Land Resources and High Nature Value Ecosystems in the Aral Sea Basin for Multiple Benefits”, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which will be implemented jointly by UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan.
This competition focuses on designing and implementing research on water resources, environment, and other related areas, including integrated water resources management (IWRM) and promoting the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus approach.
