President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Dato Sri Anifah Aman.  Having expressed the gratitude for cordial welcome on Turkmen land, the guest conveyed the greetings of the leaders of Malaysia who addressed sincere wishes of happiness and prosperity to the President and people of our country.  It was highlighted that Malaysia pays great attention to the development of cooperation with Turkmenistan, which is thought to be one of the important and p...

On 11 January 2018 political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Malaysia were held in Ashgabat. The delegation from Malaysia was led by Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman. During the meeting the issues of development of cooperation in the political, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian spheres, as well as in the spheres of energy, transport, education and tourism were discussed. Noting successful development of bilateral relations in all areas of m...

PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn.Bhd. announces admission for 2018-2019 academic year at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, to study in the following fields:  Mechanical Engineering  Chemical Engineering  Petroleum Engineering  Electrical and Electronic Engineering  Geosciences  Information / Communication Technology  Eligibility Criteria:  1. Age: 17-23  2. Marital Status: Single  3. English Language Requirements:  Minimum IELTS Score: 5.0 or  Minimum TOEFL PBT S...

The dog is a symbol of New Year 2018 according to Chinese calendar and the alabay, the famous local breed of dogs, which representatives have been reliable and faithful friends, indispensable assistants and companions of Turkmen people for the centuries, is the symbol of New Year in our country. This tireless and powerful dog, which behaviour combines the steadiness, kind character and fearlessness.  In the ancient time when people were tending sheep around their houses at nearby pastries, th...

On Thursday, December 28, 2017, the succeeding test container train was launched from Changsha city - the administrative centre of Hunan Province of China,- via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Tehran. The route of this container train runs through the main network of Chinese railways, in particular, the Khorgos border crossing, the Altyn koy-Bolashak (Kazakhstan) railway lines, the rail network of Turkmenistan-Serhetiak, Akayla and further to Tehran. The length of the Changsha-Tehran route...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 7 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Afghanistan bought metal products, extract of licorice root and dried licorice rhizomes, cotton yarn. The total sum of transactions made up about 4 million 100 thousand US dollars.  For the home market local businessmen purchased cotton fibre for the sum of over 234 thousand manats.