All efforts of cotton harvest campaign in Lebap Velayat are aimed to finish it as soon as possible. Timely agricultural activities on 120,000 hectares of cotton fields, sowing of the most adapted cotton species as Yoloten 7, S-2606, Ash-37 allowed farmers growing good yield of this valuable agricultural crop. The farmers of Lebap velayat plan to deliver 300,000 tons of raw cotton to the state.  Great attention is paid to machine harvesting, which significantly improves the efficiency of the c...

On October 17, 2018, a solemn opening ceremony of the Gyyanly Polymer plant with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is planned in the district of Turkmenbashi in Balkan velayat.    The launch of this enourmous enterprise which is equipped with latest technology and has productivity around 386 thousand tons per year of polyethylene and 81 thousand tons per year of polypropylene, will satisfy requests on the world market in oil and gas sector, also will inc...

On October 14-15, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Chairwoman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan took part in the work of the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which takes place these days in Geneva. On October 14, in the framework of the Assembly of the IPU, the Chairperson of the Mejlis addressed the 28th session of the Forum of Women Parliamentarians. In her speech, the Chairwoman of the Mejlis reported on the strengthening of the legislative framework for the prot...

On October 15, 2018, solemn opening ceremony of the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Tajikistan was organized at the National library of Dushanbe. The Ministers of Culture of the two countries, mayors and representatives from Dushanbe city administration, Turkmen Embassy staff in Tajikistan, as well as art and media representatives have attended the opening ceremony. On the same day, the book of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov «Тurkmenistan – the Heart of the Great Si...

On October 15, 2018, regional training course «Good Practices in Border Security and Management to Strengthen National and Regional Capacities in Countering Terrorism» has started and it was organized by the UN Regional Center for Central Asia for Preventive Diplomacy (UNRCCA) in close cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Activities related to countering and preventing terrorism in the region are undertaken by joint efforts of the UN Regional Center and the UN Cou...

Members of our delegation who came to Tajikistan to participate in the Days of Turkmenistan Culture have visited Dusti settlement – the administration centre of Jaykhun region, Khatlon Province.  Dusti has big Turkmen diaspora, which representatives have cordially welcomed the compatriots who arrived in Tajikistan with cultural mission. According to Turkmen tradition, the guests were greeted with national tunes and flaming dances as well as with traditional treat – ‘pishme’.  Celebration c...

The programme of the Days of Turkmenistan Culture in the Republic of Tajikistan is very rich and allows making expanded impression of carefully preserved cultural traditions, which are passed from generation to generation, as well as of the trends of their development in modern age.  The culture and art of our nation is presented in friendly country by big delegation, which is composed of the heads and specialists of the ministries of culture and education of Turkmenistan, famous folk singers...