Day three of the cultural forum ongoing in Balkan velayat included a series of events celebrating remarkably diverse Turkmen culture. In the morning, a conference took place in a conference room at the Magtymguly Pyragy Museum in the town of Magtymguly. It was attended by museum professionals, painters, art experts, history scholars, ethnographers, teachers and students of higher education institutions specializing in art and culture, and journalists. The conference attendees exchanged vie...

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Energy, Turkmengas and Turkmenneft State Concerns are attending a two-day seminar on energy efficiency in industry and long-term energy planning in Paris. The seminar is co-hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the European Union (EU) under the EU4Energy Program. IEA and EU experts will share best practices in the field with professionals from CIS countries, taking part in the seminar.

On June 24, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the new UNICEF representative in Turkmenistan, Ms. Christine Weigand, who is starting her mission in Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting, the UNICEF representative in Turkmenistan presented her credential letters. Congratulating Ms. Weigand on her appointment to a responsible post, the Turkmen side expressed its readiness to assist and support the activities of the representative in all area...

The program of day two of the large-scale cultural forum included richly varied activities, showcasing the versatility of Turkmen culture. This morning, the village of Gerkez hosted a performance by the Nessilleriň Rowaçlyga Buýsanjy Children’s Ensemble. Young performers delighted and dazzled the audience with their sparkling artistic talents and prowess at singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. A round-table meeting was held in a conference hall at a school in the town of Magty...

On June 23, 2019, a meeting between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov who arrived on a working visit and President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was held in the city of Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. After the “one-to-one” meeting, there was an extended meeting with the participation of the official delegations of the two countries. During the meeting, issues in political, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian, scientific and educational...

On 23 June 2019, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit to the city of Kazan at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov. During the visit, a bilateral meeting between the heads of Turkmenistan and Tatarstan is expected.

Last week, 87 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, businessmen from the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the UAE, Turkey, Singapore, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, among others, bought gasoline, polypropylene, petroleum coke, low sulfur residual oil, liquefied gas, aviation kerosene, produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex. Heavy vacuum gas oil (Seydi Refinery) was also sold to entrepreneurs fr...