On October 8, 2018, a telephone conversation was held between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.   Taking the opportunity, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday, October 7, and wished him strong health, every success in his highly responsible work as the head of the state.      In the course of talks, the Presidents discussed important directions of interstate cooperation,...

Powerful earthquake with 7.3 magnitude by Richter scale that took the lives of tens of thousands of people, occurred in Ashgabat 70 years ago on October night 1948. According to the UNESCO, it was one of the most devastating catastrophes of XX century. People, who survived that earthquake, observe October 6 as the date of their second birthday. Head of Ashgabat Seismic Department V. T. Archangelsky recalled about that night: Heavy tremors with sharp up and down shocks have started. It was...

Group of representatives of the International Monetary Fund headed by Natalia Tamirisa visited Ashgabat on October 1 – 5, 2018 for the assessment of development of macroeconomic and financial situation as well as for discussion of the challenges and priorities in economic policy of Turkmenistan.  During regular visit, the representatives of the largest financial structure held number of meetings with top personnel of the Government administration, representatives of business circles, financia...

160 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from United Arab Emirates and Turkey procured technical sulphur (SC Turkmengaz) and the representatives of business circles of USA bought technical carbon (SC Turkmenhimiya). Polypropylene bags were also the subject of bargain of the businessmen from UAE. In addition, colourless sheet glass, Portland cement, licorice extract, cotto...

Turkmenistan marked the Commemorative Day of 1948 Ashgabat Earthquake as we as of the warriors lost in the battlefields. The State flags was flying half-staff on occasion of sorrowful date across the country. Mourning prayers and food donations were held all around Turkmenistan. Early in the morning, thousands of Ashgabat residents came to «Halk hakydasy» Memorial Complex to lay the flowers to the pedestal of «Ruhy tagzym», «Milletiň ogullary», «Baky şöhrat» monuments. President Gurbanguly...

On October 5, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the implementation of initiatives of the President of Turkmenistan, announced at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, rectors of a number of higher educational institutions of the country, political scientists, leaders and representatives of embassies and international organizations accredited in Tu...

Upon completion of the meeting with the heads of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the ABU Certificate, award and memorial sign were presented to the President of Turkmenistan for his contribution to the development of mass media in the region. The Chairperson of the Mejlis, high-ranking officials, the heads of military and law-enforcement agencies attended the awarding ceremony.  ABU Secretary General Dr. Javad Mottaghi congratulated the President of Turkmenistan and all those prese...