President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov has received Minister of Al-Diwan Al-Amiri Affairs of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.  Appreciative of the generous hospitality shown to him in Turkmenistan, the guest relayed cordial greetings from the friendly country’s head Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who had sent the head of Turkmenistan his warm greetings, and wished good health and more success ahead in implementing the ongoing reforms....

On September 11, 2017, a meeting with the Kuwaiti delegation headed by the Special Representative of the Emir, the Minister of Al-Diwan Al-Emiri Affairs of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the sides highly appreciated the current state of cooperation between the two countries in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres and discussed the need for...

Within the framework of the thirtieth anniversary of the Moscow International Book Fair, it was held the awarding ceremony of the CIS International Competition “Art of a Book”. And all four books, sent in by Turkmenistan, were honored the highest awards. This year, 87 publications competed in ten categories for diplomas of the contest “Art of a Book”. Turkmen publishers have repeatedly gained winner diplomas and winning places in individual categories. But never before, the success of represe...

Composition of refugee team that would participate in athletics at the sport arena of Ashgabat 2017 Games was defined. According to the Executive Committee for preparation of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the refugee team will be headed by Tegla Lorupe – the legend of marathon distance from Kenya. Composition of the team for participation in Ashgabat 2017 Games was formed after qualifying competitions organized under the Peace Fund aegis, which was founded by Tegla Lorupe in Nairo...

In honor of the Ashgabat -2017 the Ministry of Communications has issued two series of post stamps. One of them with the mascot of the Games – alabai Wepaly demonstrating all sports included in the program of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, another - with their icons. Together they represent a small "story" of symbolics of the Games. Considering that a post stamp is one of the attributes of statehood, such as flag, coat of arms, hymn or passport, issue of a new collection develop...

The Central bank of the country dated circulation of modified samples of banknotes of 2017 with denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 manats and also issue of commemorative gold and silver coins «Ashgabat Olimpiya stadiony» worth 100 manats each to the opening of the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games. As informed in the press release of the main bank of the country, the basic supplement on the obverse of banknotes, the design and colour of which are kept in the former view, is the s...

During the session of the Government on September 8, 2017, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov made the report on the preparation to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Head of the MFA stated the priority positions of our country that would be presented during the forum of the United Nations in New York. Support of universal peace, security and stability is outlined as the key vector of the activity of Tu...