As it was informed before, High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is planned to be held in New York this month. During joint session of the Government and the State Security Council, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov requested relative officials to provide high organizational level of preparation to the participation of our delegation in coming forum, which would gather 193 the UN member countries and more than 50 international o...

Joint Statement on Promotion of Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Silk Road has been unanimously adopted by Turkmenistan imitative at the 38th session of the United Nations Council on Human rights on June 25, 2018. 23 states were the co-author of this document along with Turkmenistan. It was informed to the Head of the State by Vice-premier, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov at the session of the Government on June 28.  In this regard, Turkmen leader highlighted a historical significance o...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Board of the “Uzbekiston Temir Yullary” JSC Achilbay Ramatov.  Expressing sincere gratitude for the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest conveyed the warm greetings from the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who cordially congratulated the Turkmen leader on his birthday. As was noted, Uzbekistan attaches great importance to t...

On June 28, 2018, at the joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reported on preparations for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), scheduled for July this year in New York. As is known, this month our country was elected to the membership of ECOSOC for the period of 2019-2021. By...

An Ahalteke horse Akhan, bred at the Ahalteke horse complex of the President of Turkmenistan, entered the Guinness Book of Records. The horse demonstrated the best result rearing the 10-metre distance and improved the previous result, recorded in 2016, twice!  Beautiful Akhan, rearing the distance in 4.19 seconds once again demonstrated the superiority of the Ahalteke horse breed, its unsurpassed merits, fostered by Turkmen jockeys and horse breeders over many centuries.  This record a...

On June 27, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey organized a ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to the great Turkmen poet Makhtumkuli Fragi in the park "Turkmenistan" of the city of Ankara, dedicated to the Day of the workers of culture and art, and also the poetry of Makhtumkuli Fragi, celebrated in the year of "Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road". Representatives of the diplomatic missions, working in Ankara, the heads of the Turkey-Turkmenistan F...

On June 27, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in China hosted the cultural and educational forum "Turkmenistan and China - Friendship without Borders". The forum was dedicated to the motto of 2018 "Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road." It was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the People's Republic of China and the International cultural and educational youth center of Beijing. More than 60 people took part in the event, including junior and middle school teachers and stu...