A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in Ashgabat between the Ministry of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan and the Afghanistan Railway Authority.  Drafted by order of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, the Memorandum envisages a major overhaul of the railway track at the border station of Torghundi in Afghanistan.  As stated in the preamble, the Memorandum is based on economic, historical and cultural ties between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, and the successfull...

Today, Turkmenistan revives its significance as the key link of the Great Silk Road, which used to run across the territory of our country, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said during his visit to Automobile Sport Centre. New feature of this historical route that became the phenomenon of human civilization, is embodied not only in trade and economic relations of the states but in their cultural dialog, humanitarian contacts and sports as well. Ashgabat 2017 Games that were held in Ashgabat a...

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in India hosted release of the English translation of the book “Turkmenistan – Heart of the Great Silk Road” by the President of Turkmenistan and seminar in New Delhi.  The event devoted to the role of Turkmenistan’s modern transport and transit capabilities, which are considered to be not only continuation of the Great Silk Road but rather the development of relations between peoples and civilisations. Representatives of the local diplomatic community in India, re...

In Meshhed the ceremony of transfer of humanitarian cargo directed on behalf of the government and the people of Turkmenistan for the population of area of Sarpol-e-Zahab of province Kermanshah, which suffered from the strongest earthquake of 7,4 points by Richter took place. The cargo delivery - medicines transferred without compensation was carried out by a special motorcade. The total cost of production delivered makes up more than 280 thousand manats. As noted at the corresponding Orde...

On November 18, 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the course of which the results of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VII) held in Ashgabat on November 14-15 were summed up, as well as plans to continue the planned work to promote the peaceful development of Afghanistan and build a mutually beneficial regional economic partnership were discussed. As noted, the forum was attended by delegations from 37 countries...

Ashgabat hosted ministerial session of VII Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VII).  The conference in Ashgabat brought together dozens of delegations from foreign countries including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Canada, Qatar, China, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Norway, UAE, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukrain...

Ashgabat, 13 November 2017. A signing ceremony of two Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) took place on the sidelines of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea. They are as follows: The Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), represented by the Regional Programme "Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia (TWM CA)", and The Executive Committee of the Inte...