New Delhi, the capital of India hosted dance festival of the Asian Pacific Broadcasting Union on March 7 – 10 where popular folk and ethnographic ensemble Dehistan from coastal region of Turkmenistan have performed with great success. The collective of the Cultural Palace of the State Concern Turkmenneft performed the dances reflecting national art in many countries and always had the most emotional response of the audience. This time, our fellow countrymen have conquered the public and pa...

Our fellow countryman Bektimur Reyimov won the bronze of the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in held these days in USA. Turkmen sportsman won the medal in the weight category up to 67 kg. Turkmen athlete lifted 122 kg in the snatch and 147 kg in clean and jerk. By the sum of two results, our sportsmen took the third place. His result was 269 kg, one kilogram less than his opponent from Georgia. Bektimur is very promising athlete. He is the 11th grade school student of secondary spo...

170 children performed onstage in a spectacular dance show at Watan Cinema-Concert Hall. The capital’s dance clubs, members of the Dance Sport Federation of Turkmenistan, devoted their recitals to International Women’s Day. The Hall was filled to capacity as mothers, fathers, friends, and those who love the art of Terpsichore (the Muse of dancing in ancient Greek mythology), came to support young dancers. The young talents had entered the hall one hour prior to the concert to rehearse onstage...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed the deepest sympathy to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres over the numerous losses, including those of United Nations staff members, in the Ethiopian Airlines crash. Being deeply saddened at the tragic disaster, the President of Turkmenistan conveys his heartfelt sympathies and solidarity to the victims’ families and loved ones on behalf of the people, the Government of Turkmenistan and on his behalf.

On 11th of March, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a farewell meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation in Turkmenistan (with residency in Baku) Philipp Stalder, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation thanking for the warm welcome noted the active mutual interaction of the two countries in global areas of cooperation. Also Ambassador expressed his grati...

On March 11, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador of Canada, Christopher Cootear, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side noted the importance of developing relations with the countries of North America. In this context, the parties considered the possibilities of organizing the first mutual visits at the highest level. Having also exchanged views on topical issues of expanding...

On the 11th of March 2019, a meeting was held with winners of the “Young Ambassadors of SDG” contest that was announced last year by UN in Turkmenistan and Educational-methodical Centre for Sustainable Development Goals in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting, congratulatory words were expressed to the winners of the contest on winning this competition and the role of the youth of Turkmenistan that can mak...