On November 6-8, 2018, Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was on a working visit to Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to discuss priority areas of Tukmen-Afghan bilateral cooperation. In the course of the working visit, Turkmen delegation was recieved by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. During the meeting the sides discussed the issues of further expanding bi...

Women started the contest for the medals of the World Weightlifting Championship in the weight category of 76 kg. The main contest was between titled athletes Jong Sim Rim (the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea) and Zhouyu Wang (China). After two attempts, representative of the PDRK took over her opponent by one kg, having lifted 119 kg. the third attempt did not bring any luck two both sportswomen and Jong Sim Rim kept the leadership. Patricia Barrera from Ecuador was the third with junior...

From November 6 to November 7, 2018, the eleventh «Central Asia-Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum» on the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers took place in Seoul. The Turkmen delegation at the Forum was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. As part of the Forum, further steps were taken to develop cooperation between the countries of Central Asia and the Republic of Korea in the trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian fields, enhance exchanges between businessmen...

Sets of medals in women’s 71 kg weight category was contested at the World Weightlifting Championship in Ashgabat. Representative of Turkmenistan Gulnabat Kadyrova contested in B Group. She was the second in the snatch, having lost one kg to the leader. She was at the seventh position in the clean-and-jerk and the third in total in the group. She entered the tens of the strongest in this category on the ninth position.  The medals were contested in A Group. Leading positions of Chinese weight...

On November 6, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Turkey jointly with the Turkish Kastamonu State University organized and held a scientific-practical conference “Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road”, the presentation of the eponymous book by the distinguished President of Turkmenistan in Turkish and the Days of Turkmenistan in Kastamonu city, which was announced the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2018. As part of the events, an exhibition was organized, where the works...

On November 6, 2018, the heads of diplomatic missions of Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Romania, United States of America, OSCE Center, UNDP, UNICEF and the representatives of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy visited penitentiary in Akhal region.   The Esteemed President of Turkmenistan has stated in his speech at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly that necessary measures to ensure peace and prosperity for all citizens are implemented. It was also noted that Tu...

On November 6, 2018, the meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was held with Cuban delegation headed by Alfredo Nieves Portoundo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in Turkmenistan, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting the parties have exchanged views on priority areas of cooperation within the UN. The sides noted that constant support to each other’s initiatives was given within the framework of the...