Over the past five years, the C5+1 format (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the United States) has achieved success in expanding connectivity in economy, energy, trade, health and addressing security threats. It is read in the joint statement of the C5+1 format participating countries released on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of State following the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of these countries held on April 23 via video-conference, TASS inform...

Scientists of scientific and production center of agricultural farm of Turkmen Agricultural Institute have bred new species of cotton, which was named Ashgabat 140 in honor of the anniversary of the country’s capital. Long-term painstaking work of the breeders allowed making species, which is better than previous ones by many parameters. The recommendation of Scientific and Technical Council for introduction of Ashgabat 140 cotton under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection o...

In previous publications dedicated to the elements related to Turkmenistan in the list of intangible human cultural heritage, the Golden Age has spoken about the inclusion of the Epic of Gyorogly and spring celebration of Nowruz. During the 12th session of Intergovernmental Committee for protection of intangible cultural heritage, which was held in Korean Jeju on December 2017, Turkmen national art of singing and dancing Kushtdepdy has been included to the Representaitve List of intangible hu...

Representatives of the railway departments of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran held a videoconference meeting. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on crucial issues of cooperation. In particular, the progress in the implementation of the protocol of the meeting of the heads of the railway administrations of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran dated May 21, 2020 was considered. In order to increase the volume of cargo transportation, mutual understanding w...

She was the first Turkmen woman film director. They say that you can find everything on the Internet. There are only a few lines about Yazgul Shamuradova though.  However, it is good to know that articles on famous film director Mark Donskoy provide more information about her: “The first Turkmen woman director, who directed Turkmen-dubbed versions of films. Among them are ‘Chapaev’, ‘Lenin in 1918’, ‘Clouds Over Borsk’, ‘October Days’, ‘There Is Such a Lad’, ‘Virgin Soil Upturned’, ‘They Were...

Today, on the 5th of May, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan S.Muhriddin. The current issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed during the talk. In this regard, the opportunities of holding the political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of two countries were discussed.  The parties considered the possibility of organizing the meeting of the Interg...

On May 5, 2021 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan together with the Embassy of the United States of America in Turkmenistan organized at the Fine Arts Museum of Turkmenistan the photo exhibition dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of interaction within the framework of the Ambassadors’ Fund for Cultural Preservation. The event was attended by the representatives of the diplomatic missions working in Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Cult...