On March 11-14, 2017 in the State of Qatar, the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan were held. On March 11, in the city of Doha, the “Qatara” Cultural Center hosted the opening ceremony of the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan. At the end of the official part of the ceremony, a big concert of the masters of the arts of Turkmenistan took place. The program consisted of Turkmen national music, works of Turkmen composers and world classics, pop songs and dances. In the foyer of the “Qatara” Cultural C...

Today, on the first of March, 2017 President of Turkmenistan left for Islamabad on a working visit to participate in the XIII Summit of the Heads of the States of the Economic Cooperation Organization member-countries. Current meeting of the Heads of States and the Governments, high-rank representatives of the ECO members and international organizations will be important phase in the activity of the Organization for analyses of the past work and definition of perspective future directions....

There were held political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the State of Qatar on 26-27 February 2017 in Doha. The agenda of the bilateral political consultations were the issues of mutual interest. The sides exchanged of views on the issues of regional and global agenda. The sides underlined the need to strengthen the legal base for mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation. Also in the course of the consultations, the sides discussed the possibil...

В связи с появившимися в последние дни в прессе высказываниями руководителя Национальной иранской газовой компании Хамид Реза Араги по вопросам поставок туркменского природного газа и возникших при этом «финансовых разногласий», МИД Туркменистана заявляет следующее. Туркменская сторона, строго выполняя свои обязательства по Контракту купли-продажи газа, на протяжении ряда лет обеспечивала его бесперебойную подачу в Иран. В отличие от этого, Национальная иранская газовая компания (НИГК) в т...

24 января таджикским информационным агентством «Авеста» было распространено сообщение заместителя начальника ГУП «Таджикская железная дорога» Усмона Каландарова, в соответствии с которым таджикская сторона обсуждает вопрос об открытии железнодорожного сообщения через Узбекистан в Россию в обход Туркменистана. В связи с этим Министерство иностранных дел Туркменистана выражает крайнее непонимание туркменской стороны подобного рода заявлениями официальных лиц Таджикистана. Основываясь на трад...

On January 18, 2017 at the Olympic village in Ashgabat the press conference was organized dedicated to the V Asian Games indoors and martial arts, to be held from 17 to 27 September 2017 at the capital of Turkmenistan. The press conference was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Sport, the Executive Committee for the preparation of V Asian Games and the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan. The press conference was attend...

Introduction In September 2017 Ashgabat will host the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games; attracting 5,500 athletes from the 62 National Olympic Committees of Asia and Oceania to participate across 21 sports. This is a historic moment for the country, as Ashgabat 2017 will be the first major multi-sport event to be hosted in Turkmenistan. The vision after these games will be for the city of Ashgabat and the wider country to host future major sporting events at an international level....