The Turkmen pilgrims, who made a hajj during Gurban bayram to Mecca and Medina, came back.  On the eve of the main festivity of Muslims our 160 compatriots - representatives of velayats and capital went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where they joined millions of pilgrims who arrived from all corners of the world to worship the sacred Kaaba. A special flight for Turkmen nationals was organised by «Turkmenhowayollary" Civil Aviation Service by the order of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. ...

The Ashgabat -2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are set to get underway on 16 September with two early medal events (Traditional Wrestling and Jiu-jitsu), followed by the Opening Ceremony on 17 September. As befitting a sporting event of this size taking place on the most populous continent in the world, Ashgabat -2017 boasts some truly impressive numbers in the “facts and figures” department, with a massive cast of characters, incredible feats of engineering and infrastructure, in...

The Torch of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were lit up at super giant gas deposit Galkynysh in Mary Velayat. The participants of the ceremony were addressed with the words of encouragement by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov from the capital by TV spacebridge. Traditional Turkmen tents with the hearth in the central one according to tradition were installed at the territory of the field where celebration performance takes place. Young man shot an arrow that were set on fire b...

On September 1, 2017 in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan the opening ceremony of the Scientific and Methodological Center for the Sustainable Development Goals was held. A corresponding resolution on the opening of the Center and approval of the new structure of the Institute was signed by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The event was attended by the heads of international organizations and their colleagues, a...

The Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili was in Ashgabat on an official visit on August 29-30, 2017. On August 30, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a meeting with the chairman of the Georgian government Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Greeting the Prime Minister of Georgia, the President of Turkmenistan noted with satisfaction the traditionally friendly nature of the interstate dialogue, successfully developing both in bilateral and multilateral formats, within authorit...

On August 28, 2017 in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan a solemn opening ceremony of the Turkmen-Afghan trading house "Turkmenistan" had been held. To participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the opening of the trading house, a representative delegation arrived from Turkmenistan, comprising of representatives of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, business circles and employees of the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company. Fr...

The core of the ideology of Turkmenistan's foreign policy is the all-round assistance of non-military, political and diplomatic means to the creation of a solid and long-term system of universal security. The concept of the indivisibility of the concept of security developed by the President of Turkmenistan, which in itself is a serious contribution to modern political science, is today the theoretical basis for implementing Turkmenistan's foreign policy strategy. Hence the readiness of our c...