8th session of the Caspian Sea Port Authorities commenced its work in Turkmenbashi. During two days, representatives of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan will be discussing cooperation in shipping industry, maritime cargo handling, ensuring navigation security, developing port infrastructures, exchanging logistical information, protecting marine environment of the Caspian and other issues.  The importance was stressed of the Resolution on Role of Transport and Transit Corr...

Buildings of "Ak öýi", which in their manner are repeating the traditional shape of Turkmen white yurts, will be built in all velayat centers of Turkmenistan. Such an instruction was given by the President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the vice-premiers responsible for the regions of the country and to the khyakims of the velayats. The Head of the state instructed the relevant leaders to proceed with the construction of "Ak öýi" buildings in the velayat centers of Balkanabat, Dashoguz and Turk...

The delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan headed by Chairperson of the Parliament A. Nurberdiyeva takes part in the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in St. Petersburg on October 14-16. The main theme of the forum is "Promoting cultural pluralism and peace through inter-faith and inter-ethnic dialogue". This largest international parliamentarian event is of particular significance for our country that implements crucial processes to improve the legislative basis in compliance wi...

On October 12, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Adela Raz who arrived in the Turkmen capital on a working visit to participate in the Academic Forum held within the framework of the VII Ministerial Conference on regional economic cooperation on Afghanistan. At the beginning of the meeting, the sides noted the active pace of development of cooperation in a wide range...

An exhibition of economic achievements of Turkmenistan has opened in Ashgabat. Traditionally held ahead of Independence Day, the economic forum offers a special year-end account, which clearly demonstrates achievements in the national economy.  The intersectoral exhibition, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was attended by representatives of organizations and departments of Turkmenistan’s state sector, educational, cultural, sport and tourism institutions and privately-run en...

Representatives of ministries dealing with transport logistics, finance institutions, the State Customs and State Border Services, the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists, and other state bodies participated in an OSCE-organized seminar on facilitating the development of secure national transport and trade infrastructures that took place in Ashgabat on 10 and 11 October 2017. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day seminar to enhance the participants’ awareness about internati...

The Turkmen capital hosted an opening of the Turkmen-Chinese Research and Innovation Forum “Innovations, new technologies and issues of their manufacturing application”, organized by the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan and the P.R.C. Ministry of Science and Technology. Opening of the conference took place in the Center of STA technologies.    The forum’s purpose is interchange of experience and search of new opportunities for cooperation between scientists from Turkmenistan and P.R...