On August 17, 2017 the events on the occasion of 30 days before the beginning of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games started in the capital of Turkmenistan. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took part in all events, including the mass ecological action "A Day without motor transport", as well as in the ceremonies of the opening of social facilities. In the morning, the President of Turkmenistan kicked off the bike ride. The column headed by the head of state proceeded from the be...

A few weeks later, the regular 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly will begin its work in New York. According to the tradition that has been established for a number of years, on the eve of this important event of international life, Turkmenistan promulgates Priority positions that our country will hold and defend during the upcoming political season. Such openness, readiness to jointly solve urgent problems of modern world development, which have become a distinctive feature of...

On August 8, 2017, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, decorated with the State Flags of the two countries, officials greeted President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on Azerbaijani soil. From the airport the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan went to the residence of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan "Zagulba". Here, in the square, a ceremony of an offi...

The Ashgabat Declaration adopted as a result of the meeting of the "High-level Dialogue of Central Asia-UN" on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia, held on June 13, 2017 in Ashgabat, was released in official languages of the United Nations Organization as an official document of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.

On June 5, 2017, the three-day Central Asian International Environmental Forum, under the motto "The Initiative for Cooperation on Environment and Sustainable Development in Central Asia", began its work in the hotel "Yildiz" in Ashgabat. Representatives of the Central Asian governments, leaders and representatives of international and regional organizations, diplomatic missions working in Turkmenistan, leading experts in the field of environmental protection, representatives of the ecologica...

On May 31, 2017, a media forum, dedicated to the 28th session of the International Energy Charter Conference was held in Ashgabat. The forum was attended by foreign and domestic journalists, experts, representatives of relevant ministries and departments. In particular, representatives of about 30 international news agencies and publications such as AzerTaj, Russia-24, Bernama (Malaysia), the News of Uzbekistan, the Belarusian Telegraph Agency, the Anatolian news agency, “China Electric Power...

On May 30, 2017, International Energy Charter Forum started its work in Ashgabat under the chairmanship of Turkmenistan in the Energy Charter Conference in 2017. The forum is titled: "Towards a multilateral framework agreement on transit of energy resources" to stimulate meaningful discussions on the role of transit in global energy security and sustainable development. Representatives of relevant ministries and departments, representatives of international organizations, industrial sector an...