The launch ceremony of the pilot project of the Global Transit Document took place on August 17, 2022 at the Berkarar Hotel of the Avaza National Tourist Zone. The Global Transit Document (GTrD), which is a universal digital solution for the development of multimodal transportation, is the result of fruitful cooperation between the Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission of the International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) with the International Center for...

On August 17, 2022, a briefing was held at the Berkarar Hotel of the Avaza National Tourist Zone on the results of the International Ministerial Transport Conference of Landlocked Developing Countries and events dedicated to it. The Ashgabat Process: Financing for Better Connectivity Forum was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan under the auspices of the United Nations. The briefing organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was attended by members of the Government, the Chairwoman...

On August 17, 2022, Ambassador A.Ataeva, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations, met with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations. During the meeting, a constructive exchange of views took place on the issues of the upcoming 77th session of the UN General Assembly such as priority areas of the two countries in the UN and UN reforms. Ambassad...

Turkmen weightlifters won 13 medals of various denominations at the ongoing 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in the Turkish city of Konya. The last three medals on the final day of the weightlifting competition in the super heavy weight category over 109 kg were won by the master of sports of international class from Mary Khodzhamukhammet Toychiev. In the snatch (184 kg), 30-year-old trainee of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Ikram Matkarimov won silver, 3 kg ahead of the 2022 world junior cham...

On August 16, the International Conference at the level of Ministers of Transport of Landlocked Developing Countries, organized by the Government of Turkmenistan under the auspices of the United Nations, on the theme “Ashgabat Process: Funding for Better Connectivity” completed its work in the Avaza National Tourist Zone. During the past plenary sessions on the topics: “Development of transport corridors, regional interconnectedness, integrated multimodal transport systems and the inextricabl...

On August 16, in the first half of the day, a meeting of transport ministers was held at the Berkarar Hotel in the format “Central Asia-Middle East-Africa: opportunities for cooperation in the transport industry”. The subject of discussion was the mechanisms for expanding partnerships between the countries belonging to these regions. Particular emphasis was placed on the importance of implementing major projects to create a modern transport infrastructure to ensure transport connectivity in l...

Weightlifter Gulnabat Kadyrova brought three medals - two gold and one bronze - to the team of Turkmenistan at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games taking place in the Turkish city of Konya. In the non-Olympic weight category up to 71 kg, the 28-year-old pupil of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Ahmed Saryeva won gold in the snatch (107 kg), bronze in the clean and jerk (118 kg) and became the champion of the Islamiada with a result of 225 kg in the biathlon. In the final protocol, our compat...