On February 20, 2018 at the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland, within the framework of the 80th session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee (ITC), the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office organized the side-event entitled “Intermodal Connectivity and the role of historical transport routes: the Great Silk Road”, dedicated to the announcement of 2018 as a year of “Turkmenistan - Heart of the Great Silk Road” and implementation of the General Assembly Resolution A/RES...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received General Manager & Chief Operating Officer-APAC at CNH Industrial Mr. Stefano Pampalone.  Thanking for the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest underlined the constructiveness of the foreign-policy cooperation built in Turkmenistan on the principles of the ‘open-door’ policy. Mr. Stefano Pampalone noted that CNH Industrial expressed the interest in widening cooperation with our country that possesses huge resources and economic potential. ...

Comprehensive system of state support of agricultural complex has been elaborated and successfully operates in Turkmenistan. Investments to the modernization of the infrastructure, technical rearmament of agricultural complex and service branches including the construction of agricultural production facilities and fertilizer production plants are the main elements of such system. Big finances are allocated for irrigation and land reclamation, development of seed breeding, science and selection,...

Turkmenistan citizen Sergey Meladze won silver medal in the weight category up to 72 kg at the World Powerlifting Cup among the sportsmen with limited capabilities.  In his first trial, our athlete easily lifted the weight of 180 kg, however, the weight of 185 kg he took only from the second approach.  It allowed him to take over the bronze winner, sportsman for Thailand Fongs Marasri who stopped at 180 kg weight. Powerlifting master from Iraq Rasul Mihsin, who lifted 220 kg weight, was th...

On February 19, 2018, the official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the occasion of the adoption of the UNGA resolution “Strengthening the links between all modes of transport in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development” at the regular meeting of the OSCE Committee on Economic and Environmental Affairs. In the statement, it was noted that on December 20, 2017, at the seventy second session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on the initiative of President o...

On February 17-18, 2018, as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan and with the participation of sports teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations working in Ashgabat, sports competitions were held in the following sports: 1. Basketball 3х3 - in the sports complex of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; 2.Running...

The Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry hosted International Conference “Diplomacy of the Silk Road: Triumph of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation” timed to the Day of Diplomatic Personnel of Turkmenistan.  Representative of diplomatic corps of Turkmenistan as well as diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in our country, university lecturers and students took part in the forum.  The speakers highlighted during the plenary session that the Co...