President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Secretary General of the Asian Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Javad Mottaghi, Acting President of the ABU, General Director of Indian State TV Channel Doordarshan Supriya Sahu and Vice-president of the ABU, President of Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Ryoichi Ueda.  Greeting the Head of the State, the guests highlighted that they are glad to visit Turkmenistan, which is known around the world by its constructive policy aimed at wide inter...

On October 4, 2018, the grand opening of the 55th meeting of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) took place in the Turkmen capital. From the Turkmen side, the opening ceremony was attended by members of the government, heads of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on television, radio broadcasting and cinematography, domestic media, specialized faculties of universities, and journalists from leading foreign news agencies accredited in our country. In the welcom...

On 4 October 2018, talks were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the President of IRIB TV and Radio Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Abdolali Ali Askari, who arrived on a working visit to Ashgabat to attend the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). During the talks, the sides noted the high level of relations based on the principles of mutual respect and good neighborliness, and then exchanged views on the curr...

It was found out by the outcomes of two matches against the team of the Democratic People Republic of Korea April 25. The first match was held in Pyongyang two weeks ago and ended up in 2:2 draw. In return match, which was held at Kopetdag Stadium, the opponents did not detect the winner, it ended up in 1:1 draw as well. However, due to the number of goals scored at the opponent’s stadium, the champion of Turkmenistan has won the right to play in the final.  It was the first time for both tea...

The solemn ceremony of opening the School Cultural and Sports Festival of the Caspian States took place in the Avaza National tourism zone.  This event includes the competitions in six sports - belt wrestling, futsal, volleyball, 3x3 basketball, table tennis and chess. The festival will be held this week on the Caspian coast. The teams from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, various regions of the Russian Federation - Dagestan, Kalmykia, the Astrakhan region, etc. will take part in the fes...

Road bitumen produced at the Turkmenbashi oil refineries network (TORN) become an export item this year has. About 35 thousand tons of this oil-refining product was sold through the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange. About seven thousand tons of raw materials for the production of asphalt concrete were shipped by rail to entrepreneurial structures operating in Uzbekistan.  The demand for Turkmen bitumen is associated with quality improvement of this binder using new vacuum equipment...

Cultural programme for the delegates of the forum has been organized under the 55th session of the Asian Pacific Broadcasting Union general Assembly. Learning of the history and culture of Turkmen nations is very topical for the members of the ABU in the light of the activity of this largest in the world broadcasting union on propaganda of humanistic ideals and organization of cultural exchanges. The 7th Asian Pacific TV song contest in Ashgabat on October 2, which was watched live by the spe...