On September 13, 2021, a meeting was held at the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council of the States of the Gulf between the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the countries of Central Asia in Riyadh and the Assistant Secretary General of the Council on Political Affairs and Negotiation. During the meeting the diplomats of Central Asian countries discussed the issues of build-up of the potential of cooperation with the Council. The participants of the meeting also co...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held the next digital working meeting with participation of khyakims of velayats and Ashgabat city. The issues concerning implementation of programs of socio-economic development of the country, preparation for celebration of the 30th anniversary of sacred independence of Turkmenistan and organized conduction of seasonal agricultural work were considered. The head of state first gave the floor to khyakim of Ashgabat city R. Gandymov who reported on th...

The nature of Turkmenistan is unique and amazingly beautiful. Travelers are attracted by unique natural monuments: stunning flora - forests of wild fruits and nuts, juniper forests on mountain slopes, pistachio savanna woodlands, saxaul forests, floodplain tugai; diverse fauna - Central Asian leopards, argali, kulans, gazelles. Here are mesmerizing landscapes - from picturesque mountain ranges to lifeless desert sands, from green oases - to subtropics with rare animals and plants. The nature...

Eight transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan purchased polypropylene and lighting kerosene produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Moreover, businessmen from Kyrgyzstan purchased float sheet glass for foreign currency. The total amount of transactions exceeded USD 4.322 million. Turkmen businessmen purchased portland cement to the total amount of 122.850 US doll...

Andrey Platonov has a remarkable phrase in his notebooks “Turkmenistan is a country of irony”. The author of “Jan” and “Takyr”, who spent a short time in Turkmenistan, managed to accurately capture one of the characteristic features of the Turkmens - the ability not to become discouraged, even when life squeezes tears out of you, but to laugh at the circumstances, to ironicize each other and oneself. It is unlikely that he was familiar with the actor Sarry Karryev, but it can be assumed that the...

The WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan organized a training course for health workers and media representatives on effective public awareness during the COVID-19 vaccination period. The course is organized as part of a joint WHO / European Union project for Central Asian countries on the COVID-19 response and joint activities with the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan to increase the capacity of health workers in effective crisis communication, as well as disseminate reliab...

The traveler is a discoverer. And it doesn't matter at all that before he entered the previously unknown territory, it was explored by someone earlier and is no longer officially considered "terra incognito". In his wanderings around the world, each traveler continues the work of his predecessors, finding and describing new details of current life that have escaped their sight, details of everyday life, observing and studying the character traits of the local population. Discovering a new land f...