Group of pilgrims, who made haj to Mecca and Medina during Eid Al Adha, came back home. As is known, 160 our compatriots went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by special flight, which was organized by Türkmenhowaýollary according to the Resolution of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, on the threshold of Muslim holiday. In Saudi Arabia, they have joined millions of pilgrims who arrived from different countries to worship sacred Kaaba. In Medina, the pilgrims have visited the burial place o...

32 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, brokers from Afghanistan have bought liquefied gas and jet fuel produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex while representatives of business circles from Turkey – fine grained potassium chloride (SC Türkmenhimiýa). In addition, for foreign currency, colourless sheet glass, Portland cement, cotton yarn have been sold to the buyers from UAE, Geor...

On August 23, 2019, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Japanese delegation headed by the Head of the Department of International Projects Development in the field of System Infrastructure and Water Management of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) Mr. Yasuhiro Kasai who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit.  During the meeting, the parties discussed key directions of trade-economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and J...

Turkmen textile steadily improves its competiveness not only in local but also in international markets owing to rapid development of textile industry based on advanced technologies, application of the best national and world practice. Thus, exchange trades, where businessmen from USA, Russia, UAE, Turkey and other countries have taken part on the ground of textile industry, were held during Caspian Exhibition of Innovative Technologies, which was held in Avaza National tourist zone under I C...

Deepening in the soil, which form a line, are seen from the height of the hills. Starting in shallow gorges, they go to blossoming gardens of oases speckling the foothills. These lines, which remind of the geoglyphs of the Nazca desert, are nothing but a chain of qanats – an ancient irrigation system of underground aqueducts, which used to carry water from mountains to the valley. This method to collect water and to deliver it to the cities and irrigation channels was common from in ancient time...

Today, on August 21, a high level meeting was held in Nur-Sultan city in the format of «C5+1», which is a many-sided mechanism of the interaction between the five Central Asian states and the United States in the field of economy, ecology and security. The current session is attended by the heads of the MFA of the Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and David Hale, United States Under Secretary of States for political affairs.  The agenda of...

On August 21, 2019, a round table on discussing the impact of the Aral Sea crisis and environmental degradation on health and nutrition of mothers and children began in the capital of Turkmenistan. The event was organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan with the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. The round table was attended by heads and representatives of several ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the Ministry of Health...