On March 23, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), at its 37th session, unanimously adopted the Resolution "Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympie ideal", which reflects the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on encouraging valuable contribution of Olympic refugee teams in strengthening peace and human rights. In particular, the document notes that the participation of refugee teams in large-scale sports games, includ...

On March 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary S.N.Lebedev, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the mission of CIS observers to participate in the assessment of the forthcoming parliamentary elections. During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on the preparations for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan on March 25, 2018, as well as...

In recent days, distorted information about allegedly illegal activities of Turkmenistan's border services with respect to the Iranian vessel has spread in the media of Iran and other countries. The Turkmen side states that on March 21, 2018, the border services of Turkmenistan suppressed an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of narcotic drugs by a group of citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran that violated the state border of Turkmenistan on the motorway boat in Turkmenistan's territori...

“Build the steps to the future from the wonderful stones!” – The great artist Nikolai Roerich wrote long time ago while living in India. This pathos words express very accurately the essence of the phenomenon that we call the Great Silk Road. It has been 140 years since German geologist, geographer and traveller, President of Berlin Geographic Society Ferdinand von Richthofen introduced this popular term to the science. It was several decades after that before the scientists from different count...

National Spring Holiday - International Nowruz Day was celebrated with great effect in Turkmenistan. The main events of the celebration were expanded on tradition place «Nowruz ýaýlasy» where the building in the shape of huge traditional tent «Türkmeniň ak öýi» has been built.  This place keeps the layers of ancient civilizations. It is Ahal foothills where the farmers started to cultivate the wheat for the first time. The legendary ahalteke horses were also originated from this place. In the...

I would like to offer you my hearty congratulations on the national spring festival, International Day of Novruz, which is being widely celebrated at this wonderful time of the year designated as “Turkmenistan - the Heart of the Silk Route”, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his congratulatory message.  I am confident that the festivities in honor of the festival (recognized as an integral part of the spiritual and cultural heritage of humanity) that embodies peace, friendship, good...

Intermediate report of the CIS Observers Mission on the outcomes of the monitoring of preparation and conduct of the elections of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan (March 5 – 20, 2018)  According to the invitation of Turkmenistan, the Mission of the observers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the Mission) monitors the preparation and conduct of the elections of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan (hereinafter referred to as the Elections). ...