On November 25, 2019, the 31st plenary meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG) opened in Ashgabat. The EAG is designed to help reduce the threat of international terrorism by ensuring transparency, reliability and security of the financial systems of states. The Plenary meeting was attended by the delegations of EAG member states, namely, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic o...

On November 26, 2019, the meeting was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and a representative Russian delegation led by the Head of the Federal Agency of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation “Rossotrudnichestvo” Ms.E.Mitrophanova. After the exchange of warm greetings, the parties noted with satisfaction the high level of wide range of cooperation between Turkm...

The Ashgabat Textile Complex of the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan expands production range. Equipment for production of hollow fibre filling and thermal insulation material – elastic balls made of polypropylene fibre, has been installed at the facility. The technology suggested by the Company Ball Fibre Machine allows producing new generation non-weaved fabrics. The hollow fibre is made of hollow twisted synthetic fibre. High level of twisting leads to formation of round polyme...

The Turkmen capital’s parks now boast a thick carpet of colorful autumn foliage. The first breath of winter with a little November snow and a touch of frost at night caused leaves to drop off trees - a natural phenomenon occurring prematurely this year. On Sunday morning, Ashgabat residents woke up to see trees begin to shed their vibrantly colored foliage. The wind was blowing the frosted leaves sparkling in the sun off the trees, making them dance to the ground and compose fanciful yellow a...

The Days of Japanese Movies were held with a great success in Ashgabat. Demonstration of eight works of masters of Japanese movie art was held in cinema halls of Berkarar Shopping and Entertainment Centres. The schedule of movies was made in the way that spectators wold be able to watch several movies. During cultural action, Ashgabat citizens have been introduced to the ancient culture of the Country of Raising Sun, its customs, remarkable historical events. Three movies – “A Man from Sea...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with participation of the hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat. The agenda included the objectives of the strategy of social and economic development of the capital and regions. Opening the session, the Head of the State called Hyakim of Ashgabat Sh. Durdiliyev who reported on the situation in the capital, measures for its development and proper maintenance of operational condition of urban engineering and technical inf...

On November 25, 2019, a two-day meeting of the Regional Working Groups in the framework of the preparation of the “Developing the Aral Sea Basin Program” and “Institutional and Legal Strengthening” has started in Ashgabat. The meeting is hosted by the Executive Committee of IFAS with the assistance of the Regional Program "Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia” of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the European Union project “Nexus Dialogue in Central Asia” im...