On February 19, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where actual issues of the state life as well as drafts of some documents have been reviewed. Coming over to the agenda, the head of the state has given the floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Mushshikov, the vice-premier has reported on the Plan of works and activities in 2021, which has been developed based on the analysis of the outcomes of working s...

On February 18, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received Head of the LUKOIL PJSC Vagit Alekperov. Welcoming the guest, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has highlighted that while being one of the biggest world producers of hydrocarbon resources, Turkmenistan stands for establishment of wide international cooperation in energy sphere. Special attention is paid to such main aspects of energy strategy of our country as the growth of production of oil and gas, improveme...

Subterranean Biology, an international journal of the International Society for Subterranean Biology (SIBIOS-ISSB), has published the results of the studies carried out in 2018 by scientists in the Kaptarkhan Cave at the foot of the Koytendag Range. We asked Shaniyaz Mengliev, the head of the Scientific Department of the Koytendag State Nature Reserve, who participated in the studies of the underground labyrinths, to tell us about it: – International surveys were conducted for several years t...

The Institut Français in Turkmenistan has officially announced and launched the 2021 Francophonie Competition, an annual creative contest for all French language lovers. The competition is traditionally held as part of International Francophonie Day, cerebrated on March 20. It is a wonderful and big celebration that unites all French speakers across the world, and those who learn, love and are fascinated by the French language.  The Francophonie Competition in our country is open to studen...

On the 18th of February 2021, an online meeting between the representatives of Turkmenistan and the Great Britain on trade-economic issues was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank, the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activities of Turkmenistan, as well as the State Committee of Water Management and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists...

On the 18th of February, 2021, the political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the format of a videoconference were held. The Turkmen side was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov, while the Kazakh side was led by the M.B.Tileuberdi. The agenda of the consultations was very rich. The parties expressed interest in the development of Turkmen-Kazakh relations. Stressing the key role o...

On February 18, 2021, the Scientific Conference dedicated to the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan “The Diplomacy of Turkmenistan – Its Past, Its Present and Its Future” was held in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Conference was accompanied by an Exhibition timed to the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan and dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Independence and 25th anniversary of permanent Neutrality of Turkmenis...