On December 10, 2017, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Romania were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The delegation of the Romanian side was led by the State Secretary for Relations with Eastern Neighborhood and multilateral relations at the global level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania Danut Sebastian Neculaescu. During the consultations, the sides exchanged views on topical issues on the international...

In the conference hall of the capital National Institute of Sports and Tourism the ceremony in honour of prize-winners of international tournaments which passed in early December, took place. On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the sportsmen who gained successful results on the world arena, special gifts were handed. Representatives of some profile departments of the State Committee for Sports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sports high school, including its students, teachers,...

The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea)....

The delegation of Turkmenistan attended the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which was held on December 7-8 in Vienna, Austria. Heads of the ministries of foreign affairs from 57 states of the OSCE region and delegations from 11 Partners for Co-operation took part in the Ministerial Council meeting, which was chaired by OSCE Chairman-in-Office S.Kurz, Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Security issues in OSCE participating States, pre...

On the occasion of International Neutrality Day, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, signed the Decree on Pardoning Convicted Persons. Pursuant to the document, 697 citizens of the country will be freed from further serving the basic sentence and additional penalty of being imposed the obligation to reside in a certain locality. Consequently, the head of state has tasked the Secretary of the State Security Co...

On the occasion of International Neutrality Day, 1690 persons became Turkmen citizens. The relevant Decree has been signed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the Government session. As reported by Vice Premier, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, based on the current legislation, norms of international law and principles of humanism underlying the domestic and foreign policy of the country, measures are consistently taken in Turkmenistan to ensure the rights and freedoms...

President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, sent a message to the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, expressing gratitude for efforts to expand friendly and good-neighborly relations between countries. “Involvement of Your Excellency in the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Serhetabad – Torghundi railway line was, for the Afghan people, a significant event and became yet another evidence of friendly, brotherly and good-neighborly...