The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Migration Service of Turkmenistan is participating to the 70th Session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Programme which is being held in the UN office building in Geneva during the period of October 7-11, 2019.   The session was opened by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Programme, Ambassador of Algeria Mr.Boudjemaa Delmi. After the opening...

During the period of October 7-10, 2019, the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan and the concert of the masters of art of our country will take place in the cities of Kazan and Yelabuga of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation.   Numerous cultural figures of Turkmenistan, as well as the mass media workers will participate to the festive event.  In the framework of the art event, the concerts of the masters of art and the exhibition of the art and crafts, as well as the museum val...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanuly Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Cordially greeting each other, the leaders of the two states expressed satisfaction with the irrevocably friendly, constructive and confident character of the interstate relations. The President of Turkmenistan congratulated his Russian colleague on his birthday and wished him good health, happiness and prosperity, as well as new achievements in all the e...

The Academy of Arts is currently running in its gallery an exhibition of six emerging artists, its recent graduates. Their works, which have aroused lively interest not only among teachers and students, but also among numerous visitors to the exhibition, reflect their advancement on the chosen path. Chingiz Toraev’s ‘Bakhar’, celebrating springtime, portrays a young pregnant woman standing by a fruit tree in full blossom. Attired in a beautiful dress, matching the color of white and pink blos...

Turkmenistan observes the Memorial Day when tribute is paid to heroes lost in the battlefields of all wars as well as to the victims of catastrophic Ashgabat earthquake in 1948. The State flags have been were flown half-mast on occasion of sad date. Memorial prayers and food donation ceremonies are held all around the country. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took part in the mourning flower laying ceremony to the monuments of “Halk hakydasy” Memorial Complex. …Memory is a spiritual com...

On October 4, 2019, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia Ryszard Komenda. During the meeting, the parties discussed the cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN OHCHR including the implementation of assumed obligations and the execution of human rights conventions in which Turkmenistan takes part. The guest highly appraised the readiness of the country to participat...

The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan is running an exhibition to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Ashgabat earthquake. The themed exhibition is split into four sections. At first, visitors are offered to step back in time to the pre-war city with black-and-white photographs depicting its architecture and pulsating rhythms: a government building, cozy streets, old structures, park areas... In startling contrast are photographs showing the tragedy. The unique sho...