Targeted work for improvement of national tourism industry is carried out. At present, the State Committee for Tourism supervises seven government and 16 private tourist agencies, which activity is aimed at the introduction of national values and tourism capabilities of the country to Turkmenistan citizens and foreign guests.  Internet resources especially the websites of the State Committee for Tourism, government and private travel agencies are widely used for the popularization of tourist...

The Conference Hall of the capital’s Yyldyz Hotel hosted a round table dedicated to the aspects of integration of national minorities into all spheres of public life. The meeting was attended by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Natalya Drozd, advisers to the OSCE High Commissioner, Bob Deen, Andrei Khanzhin and Elzbieta Kuzborska, representatives of ministries and government agencies of Turkmenistan, the country’s publi...

On November 23, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan took part in the 14th Ministerial Meeting "European Union - Central Asia" at the level of heads of foreign ministries of Central Asia and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Ms. F.Mogherini. During the meeting, the sides discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, including the further development of relations between the EU and the countries of...

On November 23, 2018, a round table discussion was held in Ashgabat on the publications of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) regarding the Ljubljana recommendations on the integration of diverse societies. The event was attended by members of the OSCE HCNM delegation, representatives of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, ministries and relevant institutions, law enforcement agencies and public organizations o...

Brussels to host the meeting of the foreign ministers in European Union – Central Asia format on November 23. It will be key event in the series of talks, sessions and other activities dedicated to the development of new Strategy of the EU for the region uniting five countries – Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Press tour was organized for the journalists representing these countries forestalling ministerial meeting. The journalists have chance to study the str...

On 22nd of November, 2018, in Ashgabat there were high-level meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who has arrived to Turkmenistan with official visit. During the negotiations the Heads of the two countries discussed the present state and future prospects of Turkmen-Azerbaijan cooperation and exchanged their views on issues, related to the international and regional agendas. Special attention was paid to the q...

Last day of International Conference OGT 2018 was opened by the session dedicated to priority directions and forecasts of development of petrochemical industry as well as to the world trends of market development. Representatives of foreign oil, gas and service companies, big competent organizations, different Government structures, ministries and departments from Russia, USA, Japan, UK, Germany, China, France, UAE, Malaysia and other European, Asian, Middle East and CIS countries as well as nat...