On the 12th of March 2019, a meeting with newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain to Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Mr. Fernando Valderrama Pareja was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador presented the copies of his credentials and expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side for the hospitality as well as for organizing this visit on high level.  He has also stressed the vital role of Turkmenis...

Our fellow countryman Bektimur Reyimov won the bronze of the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in held these days in USA. Turkmen sportsman won the medal in the weight category up to 67 kg. Turkmen athlete lifted 122 kg in the snatch and 147 kg in clean and jerk. By the sum of two results, our sportsmen took the third place. His result was 269 kg, one kilogram less than his opponent from Georgia. Bektimur is very promising athlete. He is the 11th grade school student of secondary spo...

170 children performed onstage in a spectacular dance show at Watan Cinema-Concert Hall. The capital’s dance clubs, members of the Dance Sport Federation of Turkmenistan, devoted their recitals to International Women’s Day. The Hall was filled to capacity as mothers, fathers, friends, and those who love the art of Terpsichore (the Muse of dancing in ancient Greek mythology), came to support young dancers. The young talents had entered the hall one hour prior to the concert to rehearse onstage...

On 11th of March, 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the first meeting of the authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing and matching the project «Agreements between the governments of the Caspian states on cooperation in conducting search and rescue operations on the Caspian Sea» began its work. Under the instruction of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Enterprise fo...

On 11th of March, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a farewell meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation in Turkmenistan (with residency in Baku) Philipp Stalder, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. The Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation thanking for the warm welcome noted the active mutual interaction of the two countries in global areas of cooperation. Also Ambassador expressed his grati...

On March 11, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador of Canada, Christopher Cootear, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side noted the importance of developing relations with the countries of North America. In this context, the parties considered the possibilities of organizing the first mutual visits at the highest level. Having also exchanged views on topical issues of expanding...

On the 11th of March 2019, a meeting was held with winners of the “Young Ambassadors of SDG” contest that was announced last year by UN in Turkmenistan and Educational-methodical Centre for Sustainable Development Goals in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting, congratulatory words were expressed to the winners of the contest on winning this competition and the role of the youth of Turkmenistan that can mak...