Representatives of government agencies, environmental organizations, the scientific community, as well as non-governmental organizations and international development agencies gathered at the end of January in Almaty to exchange information and identify areas for joint action. The Central Asian Conference on Climate Change was a continuation of the World Bank's knowledge exchange initiative in this area. The conference was conducted within the framework of the Program on Adaptation to Climate Ch...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov who is currently on working visit in Balkan Velayat received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Magerram Ogly Mamedyarov who arrived in Turkmenbashy as the Head of representative delegation of his country as well as Vice-President, Investment and Marketing, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Elshad Nasirov.  Greeting the Head of the State and having expressed sincere gratitude for spared time, Azerb...

On December 31, 2018, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Georgia held the briefing entitled “Turkmenistan - is the heart of the Great Silk Road. XXI century’s global transport diplomacy, initiated by Turkmenistan”. The briefing was attended by the Head of Media Holding “Akhali Sakartvelo”, the honored journalist of Georgia, political scientist Mr. B.Nachkebia, editor of a newspaper ”Resonance” Mr. A.Gvimradze, editor of the international magazine “Geo Traveler” Mr. N.Iloshvili, General Director o...

On January 31, 2018 a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov and the Azerbaijani Republic E. Mamedyarov was held in Turkmenbashi. The sides discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation, as well as current international issues of mutual interest. A decisive role in strengthening good-neighborly relations between the two states is played by the trusting relations of the two Presidents, which, as practice has shown, have become the keystone to the succes...

The events of 2017 reflected huge creative potential of national culture. Topical conferences, arts and book exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances, opening ceremonies of new social and cultural facilities marked important dates and national holidays.  The year was filled with big events of international significance, which is obvious taking into account V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held for the first time in Turkmenistan.  Symbols of the Games made by the motifs of tradition...

The Memorandum of Mutual Understanding on the implementation of the project on the construction of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan power transmission lines was signed between the Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan and Çalyk Holding A.Ş in Ashgabat.  As it was underlined that the Ministry of Energy organized the meeting on the instruction of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in order to develop the legal framework for mutual cooperation on the construction of the 500-kV power transmission...

Turkmenistan is preparing for the elections of Mejlis deputies of the sixth convocation, members of the khalk maslakhaty and Gengeshi, scheduled on March 25. The coming elections will be another step to improve further the multilevel system of genuine sovereignty, based on native national and democratic traditions.  Within the current socio-political campaign, in election constituencies, there were held meetings to nominate their representatives to the Parliament from the Democratic Party, th...