For efficient cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United National Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), the President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, having assigned the Minister of Foreign Affairs to hold International ministerial conference “Importance of the Silk Road: Present and Future Development” in Ashgabat on December 6 – 7, 2018. Turkmen side together with the UNESCO representatives take coordinated measures for its successful organization. The work of the Conference will be carried out in the format of plenary and sectional sessions. The agenda will include wide spectrum of issues related to the activation of cooperation between the countries located along the Silk Road. According to the Resolution, the 5th session of the UNESCO Coordination Committee on inclusion of the Silk Road to the World Heritage List will take place before the Forum.