Opening ceremony of XXX World Summer Universiade was held at Sao Paolo Stadium of Napoli (Italy) on July 3. Sportsmen from 127 countries of the world including from Turkmenistan marched across the stadium. President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella announced the opening of sport games and the torch of the Universiade was lit up by famous football player Lorenzo Insigne. The audience had special catch of the appearance of the talisman of the Universiade, Parthenope the Mermaid,...

On July 4, 2019, the 28th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began its work in Luxembourg. During the event of the first day, the agenda and a number of resolutions were approved, which are planned to be adopted by three committees (military-political, economic and humanitarian). On July 5, the Second Committee on economic issues considered a draft resolution presented by the Republic of Belarus “Strategic Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Develop...

On July 4, 2019, Turkmen-Polish political consultations on the level of the deputy ministers of foreign policy agencies of the two countries were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Polish delegation was headed by the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Marcin Przydacz, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting the sides discussed the current state and prospects for the development o...

On July 4, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Russian delegation, headed by the deputy minister of economic development of the Russian Federation, who has arrived to Ashgabat for participating in the 7th High Level Trade and Investment Support Group Meeting of the Turkmen-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation. At the beginning of the meeting, both sides exchanged their views on the productive character of bilateral coope...

On July 4, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of Ireland headed by the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Ireland, Ambassador David Donoghue, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties expressed their commitment to the development of multilateral relations between the two countries. Noting with satisfaction the good level of cooperation at international platforms, the sides discussed...

First sportsmen representing Turkmenistan national judo team came to Italian Napoli. These are five young men and women who won the right to represent the country at the XXX World Summer Universiade. In addition, the team is accompanied by two coaches. Sportsmen have difficult task – it is necessary to get acclimatized and hold final trainings as the first fights are starting on July 4. It is worth reminding that 9,000 athletes from 127 countries participate in the World Summer Universiade...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent sincere condolences to President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in relations with human victims and destructions caused by the flood in Irkutsk Region. On behalf of the nation and the Government of the country as well as personally, the President of Turkmenistan conveyed the words of sympathy and support in this hard moment to relatives and friends of the victims and wishes...