On August 17, 2022, Ambassador A.Ataeva, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations, met with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations. During the meeting, a constructive exchange of views took place on the issues of the upcoming 77th session of the UN General Assembly such as priority areas of the two countries in the UN and UN reforms. Ambassad...

Turkmen weightlifters won 13 medals of various denominations at the ongoing 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in the Turkish city of Konya. The last three medals on the final day of the weightlifting competition in the super heavy weight category over 109 kg were won by the master of sports of international class from Mary Khodzhamukhammet Toychiev. In the snatch (184 kg), 30-year-old trainee of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Ikram Matkarimov won silver, 3 kg ahead of the 2022 world junior cham...

On August 16, the International Conference at the level of Ministers of Transport of Landlocked Developing Countries, organized by the Government of Turkmenistan under the auspices of the United Nations, on the theme “Ashgabat Process: Funding for Better Connectivity” completed its work in the Avaza National Tourist Zone. During the past plenary sessions on the topics: “Development of transport corridors, regional interconnectedness, integrated multimodal transport systems and the inextricabl...

On August 16, in the first half of the day, a meeting of transport ministers was held at the Berkarar Hotel in the format “Central Asia-Middle East-Africa: opportunities for cooperation in the transport industry”. The subject of discussion was the mechanisms for expanding partnerships between the countries belonging to these regions. Particular emphasis was placed on the importance of implementing major projects to create a modern transport infrastructure to ensure transport connectivity in l...

Weightlifter Gulnabat Kadyrova brought three medals - two gold and one bronze - to the team of Turkmenistan at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games taking place in the Turkish city of Konya. In the non-Olympic weight category up to 71 kg, the 28-year-old pupil of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Ahmed Saryeva won gold in the snatch (107 kg), bronze in the clean and jerk (118 kg) and became the champion of the Islamiada with a result of 225 kg in the biathlon. In the final protocol, our compat...

On Monday, August 15, on the sidelines of the transport forum that opened in Avaza, a meeting was held between the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates Suhail Al-Mazrui. During the talks, the parties discussed the possibility of opening transport and logistics routes and establishing cooperation between the port of Turkmenbashi with the ports of Dubai an...

Dear heads of delegations, Ladies and gentlemen. I warmly welcome you and express my gratitude for the accepted invitation to participate in the Ministerial Transport Conference for landlocked developing countries, convened at the initiative of Turkmenistan under the auspices of the United Nations.  Today, the heads of transport agencies from more than 30 states represented at this forum, dozens of delegations of international organizations, financial institutions and expert communities...