On June 7, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) Mr. Alfonso Lopez Caballero, who arrived in the Turkmen capital to present his credentials. Congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment to the responsible post in the development of Turkmen-Colombian relations, the Turkmen side noted the great attention paid by the country to the strengthening and further...

June 6, in Turkmenistan, grain harvesting campaign has started. The grain farmers of the Akhal, Lebap and Mary velayats began mowing season and on 13 June farmers from the Balkan and Dashoguz velayats will join them.  This year Turkmen grain growers will have from 760,000 hectares allocated for winter crops, to harvest 1 million 600 thousand tons of grain, including 450 in the Akhal velayat, 380 in Mary, Lebap - 350, Dashoguz - 300 and Balkan - 120,000 tons. The main part of agricultural land...

Bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and USA is built on long-term beneficial base, which was laid after establishment of diplomatic relations on 19 February 1992.  One month after in the same year, the Embassy of USA to Turkmenistan was opened in Ashgabat and the Embassy of Turkmenistan to USA, in Washington, DC has been opened in 1994. Diplomatic contacts of two countries allowed defining the spectrum of topical directions of the partnership, which was more intensive with the time. At...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Eric Stuart, the Executive Director of Turkmen – American Business Council.  Having expressed sincere gratitude to the Head of the Stat for the opportunity of personal meeting, the guest told about the willingness of USA business circles to expand beneficial relations with our country, which has colossal resource potential and demonstrates steadfast economic growth. Taking the opportunity, Eric Stuart congratulated the Head of the State and all Tur...

The full use of all sports opportunities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the introduction of new foreign policy initiatives in the future, based on active directions of international sport cooperation, take a special place in the foreign policy conducted by the President of Turkmenistan. As is known, on the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan on April 12, 2018, the Resolution "World Bicycle Day" was adopted at the 82nd plenary meeting of the 72nd session of the UN Gen...

On June 5, 2018, an international scientific and practical conference "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road - the region of ecological well-being", dedicated to the World Environment Day had been held in the conference hall of the Agricultural Complex. The forum was organized by the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources. Heads and specialists of nature protection departments and structures, representatives of sectoral ministries, academics and ecologists...

At the instruction of the head of state, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs held a cycling training at the capital’s multifunctional Ashgabat Stadium on 1 June. Representatives of Guinness World Records proclaimed the event the largest cycling awareness-raising event in the world.  The number of participants of this grand cycling campaign reached 3 thousand 246 people. They practiced cycling, and then were informed on the role of this mode of transport in the current logistical environm...