On April 12, 2018 in Ashgabat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov had a meeting with the Managing Director of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy Michael Kharms, who arrived in the Turkmen capital with the working visit. During the meeting, the sides discussed the development of bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Germany, as well as current trends, potential and prospects for Turkmen-German trade and economic relations. In addition, a number o...

By the outcomes of the first quarter of 2018, the growth rate of the GDP made 6.2 percent including 4.6 percent growth in industrial complex, 10.5 percent in transport and communication sector, 7.6 percent in trade, 3.2 percent in agriculture and 10.1 percent in service sphere.  Comparing with the same period of the last year, the production increased for 4.1 percent in total.  The volume of retail sale by the outcomes of three months increased for 18.2 percent comparing with the same peri...

Outcomes of the first quarter of the year indicate successful realization of constructive foreign policy of Turkmenistan based on the principles of peace-loving, friendship and cooperation. Important agreements achieved during the meetings and talks are to support comprehensive improvement and expansion of beneficial partnership both in bilateral and multilateral formats under competent international and regional organizations.  From the beginning of the year, our country was visited by 151 f...

On April 11, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine organized a mini-football tournament among Turkmen students studying in higher educational institutions of the city of Kiev. The competition among the teams took place at the sports grounds of the National Transport University of Kiev. Students of the National Transport University, National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine, National Pedagogical University named after M.P.Dragomanov, Kiev National Taras Shevchenko...

On April 11, 2018, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Kazakhstan T.Komekov handed credentials to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan congratulated the diplomat on the beginning of honorable and responsible mission and emphasized that Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are brother countries and a constructive dialogue is developing between them.  The Ambassador of Turkmenistan...

Turkmen team performed successfully at the third International Open Kickboxing Tournament in Turkish Anatoly and won two silver and three bronze medals in three disciplines.  Our sportsmen won two medals in K-1 discipline – Chary Chariyev won silver medal in the weight category up to 54 kg and Akmyrat Akiyev (up to 67 kg) was the bronze winner of the competitions.  Gulzada Jorakuliyeva (up to 70 kg) was the second in Low-Kick discipline. Rovshan Habyrov (up to 60 kg) won the bronze in the...

On the 10th of April, 2018 a two-day seminar has opened in Ashgabat. Co-organized by the Government of Turkmenistan and the IOM office in Turkmenistan according to the adopted plan of activities, it aims to acquaint media workers with the international practice of combining efforts to prevent irregular migration and stop human trafficking. The seminar was attended by the representatives of central and regional newspapers, magazines, television, radio, Internet mass media, and press services o...