“I congratulate you on opening of the Türkmengurluşyk-2019 International Exhibition and Conference “Development of Construction Industry of Turkmenistan!”. I believe that the exhibition and the conference will contribute to widening cooperation in this sphere”, says President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressing participants of the Ashgabat forum. “Enormous funds are invested into large-scale projects for the construction of industrial complexes, social and cultural facilities, and modern hou...

On August 29, 2019, the presentation of the UN Special Programme for the Aral Sea basin (UN SPAS) was held in the UN ESCAP headquarters during the Sixth Session of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction in the framework of the side event “Environment and Disasters: Closing the gap in the Asia and the Pacific region.” The official representatives of the UN member-states delegations, experts of the UN structural agencies working in Bangkok, as well as the representatives of the public organiz...

On August 29, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, Zh.A.Asanov, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission. The parties noted a high level of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other fields. At the end of the meeting, o...

A telephone conversation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov was held on the 29th of August, during which the issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed. The parties highly appraised the outcomes of the First Caspian Economic Forum which was held in Turkmenbashy city on August11-12 of the current year.  Also, the heads of external policy agencies of the two countries exchanged views on...

Meeting of Turkmen leader with the Government of Singapore has raised the interest of the world leading new agencies, which announced the visit in their news lines already in preparation stage. Therefore, the attention of the world press was attracted to the meeting in the last two days on August 26 and 27. Undoubtedly, national mass media central newspapers, other printing and electronic including private media, TV and radio channels, highlighted the visit of the President of Turkmenistan mo...

On August 28, 2019, a meeting of the Working Group on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the country was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, higher education institutions, mass media, as well as the key staff of the missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan took part in the meeting.  During th...

The first competition day at the 12th Sharq Taronalari (Melodies of the East) International Music Festival-2019 in Samarkand saw performances by several folk bands from different countries, including Archabil Ensemble, representing Turkmenistan. Our musicians presented three original folk-style compositions. Guvanch Yazmammedov’s expressive singing, accompanied by the dutar (a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute), gijak (fiddle), accordion and tambourine, received a warm welcomed from t...