On the 15th of February 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Turkmenistan Irfan Ahmed. In the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Irfan Ahmed expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side for the congratulations in connection with his appointment to the high diplomatic post and assured that he will spend his utmost effort for further strengthening of ties...

On February 15, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), together with the Country Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), held an online briefing for media to discuss the achievements of Turkmenistan in the implementation of the Country Preparedness and Response Plan to the pandemic. Mass media representatives took part in the event aimed at raising the awareness of journalists on preparing messages on the prevention of infectious diseases. UNICEF Representative in Turkmenistan...

Cisco Networking Academy is a non-profit educational programme aimed at fundamental training of IT specialists in such areas as data networks, cybersecurity, programming, system administration, and online store. Over 20 years of its history, this programme has acquired a truly worldwide scope. It operates in 180 states, including most of the CIS countries. Today, the programme is used in Turkmenistan as well. This is a unique high-tech programme that uses a blended education model that combin...

Last week, 110 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, businessmen from the UAE, Scotland, and Afghanistan purchased liquefied gas and gasoline produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex, and diesel fuel (Seidi Refinery).   Deals in foreign currency also included cotton yarn, plain dyed and jacquard terry textiles. They were made by traders from Russia, the UAE, Turkey, Ukraine, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, a...

− Why are you so sad, my son? − It is a holiday soon, St. Valentine’s Day, and I have no idea what to give my girlfriend as a gift for it. And I do not want it to be something banal. − Can you tell me about this day, please? − I myself learned about this popular holiday, when I was studying in Europe. Now it is celebrated in many parts of the world on February 14. Traditionally, people give presents to their loved ones and those dear to them. They can be handmade gifts, flowers, chocola...

Turkmenistan Airline Open Joint-Stock Company is launching direct regular cargo services deploying a Boeing 777-200 LR freighter aircraft. The first flight is scheduled for February 26, 2021. The airline company will operate flights between the People’s Republic of China and the Federative Republic of Germany once a week, to Beijing on Friday and to Frankfurt am Main on Saturday. Test air cargo flights will be operated until late March. The airline has started taking orders for air freight se...

On February 12, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held an extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers, at which the results of the work of the Government for 2020 and January of this year were reviewed, reports of vice-premiers, number of ministers and heads of the regions were presented. Priority issues of the country's social and economic development were also discussed and key tasks for the sectors of the national economy for the current year were outlined. The leaders of the Mejlis...