During the period of May 28-30, 2019, the delegation headed by the Advisor of the President of Turkmenistan on oil and gas issues was on the working trip to Brussels.  Technical consultations between Turkmenistan and the European Union were held in participation of the representatives of the General Directorate on Energy of the European Commission.    The European side highlighted the proposal of Turkmenistan on attaining the Framework Agreement in the sphere of energy between Turkmenistan...

For further development of Turkmen – Japanese cooperation in tourist sphere and according to the Provision on regulation of consular charges of Turkmenistan approved by the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan from July 13, 2005 on Improvement of Activity of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, having assigned to set reduced tariff for 10 –day single entry visa for citizens of Japan coming to Turkmenistan as tourists. A...

President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Order on pardoning of convicted persons in honour of sacred Gadyr Gijesi, according to which 764 people have been released from further main sentence as well as from additional sentence in the form of living in certain places. Signing the document during the session of the Government on May 29, the President of Turkmenistan ordered Prosecutor General B. Atdayev and other heads of law enforcem...

Diversified cooperation with the United Nations is the key aspect of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s foreign policy based on the principles of positive neutrality and broad international cooperation. At present the partnership has taken on a new meaning and specific character. The evergrowing dynamics of fruitful relations with the United Nations is determined, first and foremost, by Turkmenistan’s active participation in the global community’s affairs, its desire to render practical as...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the people of Turkmenistan on occasion of the adoption of the Resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” initiated by Turkmenistan during the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on May 28, 2019. Congratulating the compatriots on the important historical event, the President emphasized that the Resolution was supported by all the UN member sta...

A month before his final exam Sergei Rachmaninoff, the then Moscow Conservatory student, had been commissioned to create an opera (the libretto by V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko based on A. S. Pushkin’s poem “The Gypsies”) as his graduation piece. It took the 19-year-old just seventeen days to compose it. A month before his final exam Guvanch Saparaliev, a student at the Turkmen National Music Conservatory, had been asked to stage a production of the opera Aleko for his graduation project. It has...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers where important issues of the state life have been discussed. Having announced the agenda, Head of the State Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that pardoning of convicted persons is held prior to big celebrations and in honour of the Night of Power. In this regard, the Head of the State gave floor to the Prosecutor General, Chairman of the Committee for proposals on citizenship and pardoning under the Presi...