President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov on Monday, December 5.
The proposal to create a Eurasian UNESCO was made by the Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia at an international forum in Kazan dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The Congress opened in Tatarstan on December 5.
A solid package of documents has been prepared for the meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation, which will be held on December 7 in Moscow. This fact was noted by the Russian Foreign Minister during **[a meeting](https://orient.tm/ru/post/42803/sostoyalis-peregovory-mezhdu-glavami-mid-turkmenistana-i-rossii)** with his Turkmen counterpart on Tuesday.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday, December 6, in Moscow.
Ashgabat began to be decorated for the New Year. Light decorative structures "grow" on the streets, in parks and squares, and the main Christmas tree of Turkmenistan is traditionally installed on the square in front of the capital's cultural and entertainment center "Alem". Already on December 15, the green beauty, elegant and decorated, will appear before Ashgabat residents and guests of the capital. On this day, festive lights will be lit on it and the start of New Year's events will be given.
The XV Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS Member States will be held on December 12-14 in Tashkent. The congress is held with the support of the Interstate Council and the Commonwealth Humanitarian Cooperation Fund and is traditionally held every year in the capitals of the CIS states, the Uzbek media report.
The Turkmen Academy of Arts has opened the traditional exhibition "Energetic Youth-2022", held annually in Ashgabat in early December. The exhibition presents the best works of students and teachers of the creative university, which has turned into a modern exhibition space, where vernissages, contests and other cultural events with the participation of talented youth are organized several times a year.
The world's first ATM that allows you to buy gold coins with money from credit or debit plastic cards has started serving customers in the Indian city of Hyderabad. About this, with reference to the information of the Goldsikka company on Twitter, RIA Novosti reports.
A round of consultations has been completed in all regions of Turkmenistan on the development of the next National Action Plan for the Rights of the Child (NAPCR) for 2023-2028. The consultations were conducted jointly by UNICEF with the Institute of State, Law and Democracy, which played a leading role in that process, given its mandate as the Secretariat of the Inter-Ministerial Commission for the Enforcement of International Obligations in the Field of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
The Turkmenistan-USA business forum has opened at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, where key areas of cooperation between the countries in the field of trade and investment will be discussed, ORIENT correspondent reports.
World Turkish Coffee Day is a tribute to the world's oldest method of making the most popular drink in the world. The Turks came up with this method in the 16th century. Today, Turkish coffee with a 500-year history and rich rituals is a whole way of life.
The action dedicated to the International Day of Disabled People was held in Ashgabat on Saturday, December 3, in the building where the Mufti of the country and the Cultural Center of the Republic of Turkey are located.
One of the important issues that will be discussed at the 17th meeting of the Turkmen-Iranian commission in the near future is the agreement on the establishment of two border markets in Serakhs and Lotfabad. This was stated at a press conference in the administration of the Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi on Saturday.
The French haute couture house Christian Dior held the first ever show on the plateau near the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Ministry of Tourism of the country reported.
Saudi Arabia has officially applied to host the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup in 2026.
