The two-day 73rd session of the world health Assembly ended today in a videoconference format, which was attended by Ministers and Deputy Ministers of health of WHO member States, leaders and representatives of the WHO system.

The Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of health and medical industry of Turkmenistan and the Permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva.

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who spoke at the opening of the meeting, wished all participants a fruitful session and noted the importance of cooperation and solidarity of countries in the current context of the pandemic.

Turkmen representatives, speaking during the event, spoke about the activities of the health system in the country, its consistent improvement in accordance with international standards, as well as challenges and threats.

The initiatives of the President of Turkmenistan and the implementation of preventive measures in view of the epidemiological situation in the world, as well as the commitment of Turkmenistan to further cooperation with WHO, were announced, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.