On the 23rd of June 2021, the Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Cooperation in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative was held in the online format.   The event on the topic of “Promoting Cooperation on Combatting the Pandemic for Sustainable Recovery” was chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi.  The high-ranking officials of the countries of the Asia and Pacific region, Central Asia, as well as the representatives of international...

Today, on June 23, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, Press and Public Diplomacy Jonathan Henick have met through videoconferencing to make half-yearly review of activities taking place in accordance with the outcomes of Turkmen-American political consultations. During the meeting, the joint commitment of the sides to further development of bilateral cooperation in political, trade-economic and cultural-huma...

On June 23, 2021, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiev took part in a meeting of the Committee of High Officials of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The meeting took place in the videoconference format. During the online meeting, which was attended by the officials from 27 CICA member states, including representatives from observer countries, as well as observer organizations and CICA partners, a wide range of issues of e...

On 22nd of June 2021, the signing ceremony was held in New York, at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations. The Joint Communiqué was signed on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Niger.  Prior to the signing ceremony, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN, Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Niger to the UN, Ambassador Abdou Abarry held talks. They confirmed mutual interest...

In the twenties of the last century, at the age of 25, having received a diploma in archeology at Moscow State University, Alexander Alexandrovich Marushchenko arrived in Ashgabat from Russia to head the first organized archaeological section of the Institute of Turkmen Culture. From then until the end of his days, this tireless worker, who became an unsurpassed connoisseur of the antiquities of Turkmenistan, lived and worked in Ashgabat. He became one of the founders of Turkmen archeology, the...

Dear producers of abundant crops! Courageous grain farmers! I would like to offer you my heartiest congratulations on successfully meeting your production targets, producing and harvesting more than 310,000 tons of high-quality wheat in fertile Turkmen farmlands throughout the region this year designated as ‘Turkmenistan: the Land of Peace and Trust’! I wish all of you excellent health, family wellbeing, and more success ahead in your noble occupation! Hardworking Lebap velayat farmers...

30 years of independence of Turkmenistan is a date in the life of the people who, in the course of their centuries-old history, founded dozens of different states. As President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasizes: “The Turkmen are essentially a state-forming nation. Starting from the early Middle Ages and for several centuries, they took an active and direct part in the creation and successful development of a number of state formations in Central and South Asia, in the Near and Middle East. "...