Pardoning action has been held in Turkmenistan in honor of the sacred Qadr Night (the Night of Power or Measure). President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has signed relative orders at the video conference session of the Government. According to the documents, 982 Turkmen and 53 foreign citizens are released from further sentence in the form of imprisonment as well as from additional sentence in the form of obligation to live in certain place. Signing the orders, the President requested vice-pr...

On May 7, 2021, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi. During the talk, the heads of external policy agencies discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the implementation of the agreements reached during the telephone conversation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi J...

On the 6th of May 2021, a meeting was held between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Italian Republic T.Komekov with the Minister of University and Research of the Italian Republic Cristina Messa. In the framework of the meeting, the parties considered the implementation of agreements reached during the visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Italian Republic in November 2019, as well as the fulfillment of the articles and...

On May 6, 2021, the political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Ukraine were held via videoconferencing. The Turkmen side was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan B.G.Myatiyev, while the Ukrainian side by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ye.V.Yenin. During the consultations, which are organized in the framework of the Programme of Cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Ukr...

On the threshold of the 140th anniversary of Turkmen capital, it is worth to look back and recollect what Ashgabat was started from, what forestalled its origination and what stages of history left traces in its current image. This city, which is loved by all generations of Ashgabat’s residents, has its unique image and now, being under dynamic development, is original like it was in the past. Architectural historian Ruslan Muradov continues speaking about this.  The beginning of the XX centu...

The Maya Kulieva Turkmen National Conservatory has hosted a singing competition as part of a week-long activities led by the Department of Pop Music. 14 students in different years of study took part in the competition. Running a week-long music events organized by every Department is a novel idea, which is likely to become a tradition for the Conservatory.  The singing contest included two rounds. According to the rules, the contestants performed two songs of their choice: from national and...

Regular video conference meeting of representatives of railroad departments of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran was held. Azeri website Report informs about this. Aspects of organization of pilot train along Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Iran – Oman (Ashgabat Agreement) have been discussed by the participants of the video conference. The agreement on facilitation of customs procedures for railway trains has been achieved for increment of cargo traffic. The sides have...