It was informed at the session of the Government on September 22 that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carries out the work for practical realization of the Declaration on Encouragement of Valuable Contribution of the Olympic Refugee Teams to the Consolidation of Peace and Human Rights adopted by the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan at the 36th session of UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva.  Turkmen side prepared specific proposals, according to which the subject of registration o...

President of the Republic Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov sent a message to head of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in which he expressed gratitude for hearty welcome and for the hospitality rendered to the delegation of Tatarstan during its stay in our country.  It is told in the message “I was impressed by the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games. I am grateful to you for the wonderful organisation of participation of the delegation o...

Today saw competition in 12 sports, including medal events in 8 of them. This day our national team took 27 medals including 10 gold in belt wrestling, kurash and billiard.  Turkmenistan National Team maintains a confident lead on the table with a total of 175 medals, 69 of which are gold, 51 are silver and 55 are bronze.  Competition continues in belt wrestling with freestyle alysh. Our athletes showed their excellent skills, 12 wrestlers advancing to the finals. By the end of the day, th...

One of the major and integral components of successful organization of «Ashgabat- 2017, such any big sports action like this mass event, is qualified medical service. At the extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers which took place on September 22, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave particular attention to this issue in aspect of quality of organisation of the Games, having charged to adjust round-the-clock duty of doctors in the Rehabilitation centre of the Olympic village.  Becomi...

The award ceremony of valuable gifts to the members of refugee team with participation of the leaders of the Executive Committee of V Asian Games, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the State Committee for Sports and Tourism, coaches and members of Turkmenistan and foreign countries’ teams, representatives of domestic and foreign mass media has taken place in the Olympic village.  The action was held at the square of the Olympic village under music and songs,...

For discussion of the aspects of implementation of innovative solutions to different branches of the economy as well as for fulfilment of the agreement on activation of scientific and technical cooperation between Turkmenistan and the People’s Republic of China achieved on June 23, 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan during the negotiations under the session of the Council of the Heads of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, having assigned to hold I T...

On September 22, 2017, at the Government meeting, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed on behalf of the National Olympic Committee to reward the members of the refugee team with honorary awards and gifts for their active participation in the V Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts, emphasizing that this step is the first practical implementation of the Declaration "On Encouragement of Valuable Contribution of the Refugees Olympic Teams to Consolidation of Peace and Human...