On the 14th of July 2021 the videoconference review meeting was held on the topic of developing the practical measures for further cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the period of 2019-2020. The meeting was attended by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Representative for Central Asia Ms.Ashita Mittal, the Head of the Program Office of UNODC in Kazakhstan Mr.Naveed Riaz, CARICC Coordinator, and coordinators of the...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has made a working trip to Balkan region where he took part in the stone-laying ceremony of the new International airport in the settlement of Jebel and also in celebrations on the occasion of the opening of the building «Türkmeniň ak öýi» in the regional centre - the city of Balkanabat. From the International airport of Ashkhabad the leader of the nation by the helicopter headed towards the site of the future project of transport infrastructure. A...

In accordance with the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, the delegation of our country was sent on a mission to Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan to participate in the High-Level International conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Interconnectedness. Challenges and Opportunities” on July 14-16, 2021. The delegation of Turkmenistan is sent on a mission to Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan

In accordance with the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Purchekov Charymyrat was appointed as the Minister of Energy of Turkmenistan at interim. Resolutions of President of Turkmenistan

Not everyone has heard of ‘chovgan’ or knows what it is. It is an incredibly compelling and exciting game played on horseback, an extraordinary addiction to national festivities, which has helped young Turkmen warriors in tactic training from ancient times. The game, which goes back to antiquity, was very common among ancestors of Turkmens, the Parthians, who were excellent horse riders even at an early age. The Turkmen name ‘chovgan’ comes from the word ‘chopegen’ with the same root, which m...

The enlarged session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, which summed up this year’s six month state-of-the-economy results and identified top-priority objectives, also focused on different aspects of the social policy. This invariably remains a top priority for the Turkmen state, which has been taking different measures, including unprecedented ones, to provide social support to the population, and has been heavily investing in human capital development since shortly after its independ...

On the 13th of July 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi was received by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. During the constructive talk, the high level of bilateral ties in political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres was confirmed. The importance of cooperation of Turkmenistan and China in the framework of regional and international formats was underlined.  The bilateral issues were considered, as well as the...