The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting of the National Commission for UNESCO

On June 12, a meeting of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO was held under the leadership of Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov. This is reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The commission was attended by members of the Cabinet of Ministers, representatives of ministries and departments, as well as the head of the UNESCO office in Tehran Golda El Khoury and UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan D. Shlapachenko.

During the meeting, the joint work on the inclusion of traditional values of Turkmenistan in the UNESCO World Heritage Lists was particularly emphasized. More recently, a number of poems by poet and thinker Makhtumkuli Fraghi were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register.

UNESCO Chairs have been opened in two universities of Turkmenistan, 6 schools of Turkmenistan are included in the UNESCO Associated Schools Network. The National Commission discussed the possibility of the country's membership in the Executive Board of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO for 2021-2023.

Further steps to include the art of breeding Turkmen Alabays in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO were also considered.