Online Ashgabat Open Blitz Tournament, which was organized by Chess Federation of Turkmenistan on occasion of the 140th anniversary of Turkmen capital, has been accomplished in the Chess and Checkers School. 140 chess players including from the regions as well as fellow countrymen from Turkey, Russia, Belarus and UAE participated in the tournament online. Winners of number of representative international competitions were among the contesters. According to the rules of the competitions, the p...

During video conference session of the Government, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has approved the Draft Program of Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation between Turkmenistan and Russian Federation for 2021 – 2023. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber Serdar Berdimuhamedov has told about development of the Program. It was noted that the document, which is a roadmap for three-year period, covers all directions of productive relations inc...

Gazprom has stopped the review of the project of construction of gas pipeline to India due to the cost of route, Head of Gazprom Export Elena Burmistrova said, the Kommersant Newspaper informs. “As of today, we do not consider the construction of gas pipeline to India. Indeed, there were talks about it few years ago, in particularly, it was proposed by India, but as you understand, this is far too capital-intensive route. There is so-called ‘flexible pipeline’ for supplies to India, which was...

Today, on the 21st of May 2021, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Executive Director of “Turkmenistan-USA” Business Council Eric Stewart and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Turkmenistan Matthew Klimov took place in the online format. The representatives of leading American companies, particularly “S2 Global/Rapiscan”, “Visa”, “Westport Trading Ltd” and “Boeing” also participated to the meeting.   The heads and...

On May 21, 2021, in the building of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation in Moscow there was the ceremony of signing the Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of the Congo. Prior to the signing ceremony, the talks were held between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation Batyr Nivazliyev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Congo to t...

On May 21, 2021, the Presentation of the Plan for Preparedness for Counteraction and Response of Turkmenistan to an Acute Infectious Disease, adopted on April 16 of this year, was held at the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Economy and a number of other ministries and institutions of Turkmenistan, as well as representat...

On May 20, 2021, the Delegation of Turkmenistan to the OSCE made a statement at the regular meeting of OSCE Permanent Council on the adoption of the National Action Plan for Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, which was approved by the resolution of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 16, 2021. The statement noted that the document is a logical continuation of the action plan implemented in 2016-2020, which was adopted for strengthening the state system, e...