Turkmenistan prepares for the 2022 meeting. And although the Christmas tree markets have not yet started working, the extraordinary magical atmosphere of the New Year's holiday is gradually filling the entire space. Its approach is felt everywhere. Even the weather reminds us that it is already, one might say, knocking on our doors. Despite the fact that the December temperature range this year ranges from a high (over + 20◦) indicator to minus, the mountain ranges of the Kopetdag are covered...

Since the beginning of the year, the Turkmenabad Experimental and Repair Plant, which produces more than 200 items of spare parts for agricultural machinery, has produced products for 3 million 116 thousand 62 manats. The fact that the growth rate of the enterprise in the first 11 months of this year was about 140 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year 2020, indicates the progress made here. The productive processing of powerful machinery purchased from well-known c...

On December 8-9, 2021, the delegation of the Russian Federation headed by the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin is on a working visit in Turkmenistan. Today, on the 9th of August, I.Babushkin was received by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. During the meeting a broad range of issues of the bilateral agenda of Turkmen-Russian interaction was discussed. Within the framework of the visit to Ashgabat the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin had a me...

On December 8, 2021, Second Ministerial Conference of the “Italy – Central Asia” format was held in Tashkent. The event, which was held in a hybrid format, was attended by the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the countries of Central Asia, Italy, as well as the representatives of the European Union. The delegation of Turkmenistan was led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the Conference the heads of...

On December 8, 2021, an annual meeting of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries of Central Asia, organized by the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) was held in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman,  Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre,  Deputy Special Representative of the U...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed congratulations and best wishes to Mr. Olaf Scholz on his election as Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Underlining that relations between Turkmenistan and the Federal Republic of Germany are based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and trust, the President of Turkmenistan expressed confidence that thanks to joint efforts, these relations would reach a new level. Taking the opportunity, the Presid...

In any corner of Turkmenistan, one can find reserved places associated with ancient legends and traditions. One of them is located in the Balkan velayat, on the Kopetdag ridge. Here, among the eternal rocks, organically included in the picturesque mountain landscape, there is a small white mosque named after the brave woman Parau-bibi. Once upon a time there was a spring here, whose water had healing powers. The reservoir has long dried up, but, like many years ago, more and more pilgrims are...