Ashgabat hosts exhibition fair showcasing local products

An exhibition fair entitled “Trade and Services-2018” has opened in the Expo Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry with 50-plus enterprises and organizations of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations exhibiting their products.  Among the exponents are Türkmeneksport, Howdan-Bajygyran (a firm, specializing in cross-border trade), Ashgabat’s Markets Association, as well as manufacturing and trade organizations of the consumer’s associ...

CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL FORUM "TURKMENISTAN AND CHINA - FRIENDSHIP WITHOUT BORDERS" WAS HELD IN BEIJING

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...

ANKARA HOSTED EVENTS DEDICATED TO THE DAY OF WORKERS OF CULTURE AND ART, AND POETRY OF MAKHTUMKULI FRAGI

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 T...

THE DELEGATION OF OUR COUNTRY WILL TAKE PART IN THE POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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...

TURKMENISTAN AND ROMANIA HELD POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS IN ASHGABAT

On July 2, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Romania. The Romanian delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Teodor Melescanu. In accordance with the agenda of the consultations, the sides considered issues of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in all spheres, in particular, in the political and trade-economic areas of cooperation. In this regard, noti...

Ahalteke horse Akhan enters the Guinness Book of Records

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.  Thi...

President of Turkmenistan receives First Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan

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 grea...

The UN Council on Human Rights supports the initiative of Turkmenistan on protection of cultural heritage of the Silk Road

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 significa...

Membership of Turkmenistan in the ECOSOC: Opportunities and Perspectives

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...

WORKING VISIT OF THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN TO AUSTRIA

On July 2-3, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, S.G. Berdimuhamedov was on a working visit to Vienna, Austria. Within the framework of this visit, the delegation of Turkmenistan had separate meetings with the UN Deputy Secretary General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Yuri Fedotov, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano, the Executive Secretary o...