On the 25th of March 2021, the eighth session of the High-level Group on Facilitating Trade and Investments in the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the format of a videoconference. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of K.A.Kurbanov, while the Russian side was led by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation D.V.Volvach. The parties discu...

On the 25th of March 2021, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan organized an online briefing entitled “The Peace Process of Afghanistan: Current State, Challenges and Solutions”. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, Head of the Afghan Government’s Peace Negotiation Team Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Khan Wali Khan Basharmal, as well as the representatives of t...

I first met Murad Hojakuliev at the Kopetdag Stadium a few years ago when I went for a morning run. Standing on the edge of the football field, he was flying a small model airplane with his full attention focused on it. Murad made his remote-controlled fun flyer do inconceivable aerobatic maneuvers: it suddenly soared upwards, performed figures-of-eight and loops, turned upside down in the air, and flew fast over the green field almost touching it with its fin. But the most impressive sight o...

The ceremony of commissioning six greenhouse complexes took place today. These specialized facilities were built in Kaahka and Ak Bugday districts of Ahal Region, in the Turkmenbashi Balkan Region, in Gyorogly district, Dashoguz Region, the Charjew district, Lebap Region and Sakarchaga district, Mary Region. Total area of the hothouses is 35 hectares. New agricultural facilities equipped with advanced technologies were erected by representatives of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneur...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has taken part in the opening ceremony of modern hothouse complex, which has been built in Kaahka district, Ahal Region and added to the production infrastructure of national agricultural complex. In addition, the head of the state has given start to the opening of other five hothouse complexes, which were built in the regions of the country, using online system. Helicopter of the President of Turkmenistan has landed on special helipad next to the hothouse...

With the assistance of the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Kazan (the Russian Federation), online lectures were organized for Turkmen students. On March 24, a video bridge connected the Udmurt State University and the International University for the Humanities and Development, and on March 25, Ogareva Mordovian State University and the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Rectors of the Russian universities delivered lectures to Turkme...

During today’s meeting of the Inter-departmental Commission on the Implementation of International Obligations of Turkmenistan in the area of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, a wide range of issues related to further implementation of the humanitarian policy of the country was discussed. During the discussion of the draft of the National Action Plan in the area of Human Rights in Turkmenistan for 2021-2025, the UN representatives highly appraised the level of cooperation with...