Today in the "Oguzhan" Palace complex a ceremony of conferral of the title of Honourable citizen of Ashgabat upon Chairwoman of the Council of Federation of Federal Meeting of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko has taken place.  At the solemn ceremony President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov signed the corresponding Ukase and told of Valentina Matvienko's special merits in development of relations between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation, expansion of cooperation in policy, economy,...

Ceremonial award of Turkmen Leader with the highest award of Moldova – the Order of the Republic took place after the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon. Presenting the award Igor Dodon Said:  Esteemed Mr President! Let me express the gratitude on behalf of the people and the Government of Moldova for that large-scale work that you do for consolidation of our bilateral relations. The people of Moldova is grate...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon who arrived in Turkmen capital for participation in the opening events of V Asian Games.  Congratulating Turkmen Leader on the beginning of Ashgabat 2017 Games, the President of Moldova noted that events of such scale supports the activation of international relations and establishment of the atmosphere of trust and understanding.  President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that Turkmenistan sees M...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received President of the Asian Olympic Council (AOC) Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah who arrived in Ashgabat for participation in the opening ceremony of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.  Having congratulated the Head of the State on coming start of 2017 Asian Games, the guest confirmed the interest of the AOC in expansion of cooperation with Turkmenistan.  Having stated successful character of cooperation with the Asian Olympic C...

Turkmenistan prepares for construction of the Turkmenistan section of the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India (TAPI) pipeline near the State border with Afghanistan and at the border-crossing. This has been reported at the Government session by Vice-Premier M.Babayev who supervises the oil and gas complex. Together with ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH (Germany), acting as the technical consultant of TAPI Pipeline Company Limited, and Allen & Overy LLP (Great Britain), acting as the le...

The competition will be fierce, but the respect and camaraderie between athletes will be the gold standard following a wonderful expression of sportsmanship from lead athletes of the host country for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Several of Turkmenistan’s most prominent sportsmen and women have joined hands to deliver a united message of solidarity to their fellow athletes travelling in for 12 days of world-class competition in their capital city of Ashgabat. More than 6,000...

Coverage of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which gets underway this weekend, will be broadcast to hundreds of millions of homes worldwide. The event, taking place in the Turkmenistan capital of Ashgabat, will feature 65 delegations from across Asia and Oceania with 6000 athletes and officials set to take part. And with the Opening Ceremony expected to enthrall a sell-out crowd of 45,000 people in the Ashgabat Olympic Stadium on Sunday, television images of the event as well a...