Representative office of the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) together with the European Regional Bureau of the World Health Organization and the country office have conducted online briefing dedicated to capabilities of mass media in combating infectious diseases and popularization of healthy life style. Representatives of national TV and radio channels, printing and electronic media, Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry and personnel of health care departments of the regions and Ashg...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation. At the beginning of the conversation, the head of the friendly state once again expressed deep condolences to the Turkmen leader over the terrible loss - the death of the Turkmen leader’s father Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov and conveyed words of sincere sympathy on behalf of the people of China. Thanking the President of the People's Republic of China fo...

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held offsite session of the State Security Council and participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of equestrian complex of military and law enforcement agencies. The agenda of the session included the outcomes of work of security forces in January – April 2021. Provision of peace and security in the country, strengthening of equipment and facility base and improvement o...

Over the past five years, the C5+1 format (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the United States) has achieved success in expanding connectivity in economy, energy, trade, health and addressing security threats. It is read in the joint statement of the C5+1 format participating countries released on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of State following the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of these countries held on April 23 via video-conference, TASS inform...

Scientists of scientific and production center of agricultural farm of Turkmen Agricultural Institute have bred new species of cotton, which was named Ashgabat 140 in honor of the anniversary of the country’s capital. Long-term painstaking work of the breeders allowed making species, which is better than previous ones by many parameters. The recommendation of Scientific and Technical Council for introduction of Ashgabat 140 cotton under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection o...

In previous publications dedicated to the elements related to Turkmenistan in the list of intangible human cultural heritage, the Golden Age has spoken about the inclusion of the Epic of Gyorogly and spring celebration of Nowruz. During the 12th session of Intergovernmental Committee for protection of intangible cultural heritage, which was held in Korean Jeju on December 2017, Turkmen national art of singing and dancing Kushtdepdy has been included to the Representaitve List of intangible hu...

Representatives of the railway departments of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran held a videoconference meeting. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on crucial issues of cooperation. In particular, the progress in the implementation of the protocol of the meeting of the heads of the railway administrations of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran dated May 21, 2020 was considered. In order to increase the volume of cargo transportation, mutual understanding w...