The first International Theater Festival “ABISH ALEMI” was held on October 11-14, 2019 in the Kazakh city of Aktau, which was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the outstanding Kazakh writer Abish Kekilbaev. Theater groups from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan took part in the festival. Turkmenistan was represented at the festival by the State Music and Drama Theater of Lebap Province named after Seyitnazar Seydi. The play “Dayakhatyn”, pre...

To commemorate a luminary of the national school of painting, People’s Artist of Turkmenistan Aikhan Khajiev, who would have turned 95, the Museum of Fine Arts, is currently exhibiting his best works. Among those attending the exhibition’s opening ceremony were Aikhan Khajiev’s family: his daughter, son and five grandchildren, as well as his pupils, friends, fellow artists, and students of the State Academy of Arts. Aikhan Khajiev went down in history as an artist who painted a canonic portra...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with participation of some Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers. Heads of ministries and profile departments, hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat. The agenda included objectives of realization of the programmes of social and economic development of the regions and country in general, course of works in agricultural complex and preparation to coming celebration events. First, the Head of the State called Hyaki...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed condolences to Emperor of Japan Naruhito and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe over the numerous victims and destructions caused by the powerful typhoon. On behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as on his behalf, the President of Turkmenistan conveyed the words of sympathy and support to the families and friends to the victims and wished speedy recovery to the injured.

On October 14, 2019, political consultations were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the foreign affairs agencies of Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China at the level of deputy foreign ministers. Chinese delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Le Yucheng. In particular, the parties discussed pressing issues of the regional and international agenda. Speaking about the activation of contacts at the highest levels...

23 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, brokers from the United Arab Emirates have procured liquefied gas received from production of synthetic gasoline and representatives of Afghanistan’s business circles – liquefied gas produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Colourless sheet glass, cotton yarn and fabrics, cotton gin motes have been sold for foreign currency to the Russian Feder...

On October 12, 2019, in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the representatives of national and foreign media, as well as heads and representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, a briefing was held on the meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Council of Heads of States of the CIS held in Ashgabat on 10 and 11 October, 2019. Besides the Head of the external policy agency o...