Health diplomacy has become one of the foreign-policy priorities of independent neutral Turkmenistan over the past two years. Fostering a comprehensive global dialogue in the healthcare sphere to develop effective steps in achieving the goals of protecting people’s health has come to the fore on the agenda of the United Nations in connection with the pandemic and its impact on all spheres of life of societies and states of the world. The health diplomacy of Turkmenistan has identified a number of new trends in international relations and has become one of the factors in raising the positive image of our country on the international arena. UN Resident Coordinator for Turkmenistan Dmitry Shlapachenko commented on the role of Turkmen health diplomacy in international relations in an interview with a NT correspondent.

On the relevance of health diplomacy