The next World Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN / IUCN) was held from 3 to 11 September in Marseille. The Congress was attended by scientists, representatives of civil society, politicians and heads of various corporations and international conventions, including the Ramsar - on wetlands. In this regard, we asked a member of the Coordination Committee of the Ramsar Regional Initiative for Central Asia, Professor E.A. Rustamov. share your thoughts: - Turkmen...

International trading firm Vitol and Azerbaijan's state-owned company SOCAR have agreed to transport about 1 million tons of Turkmen oil per year via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. The beginning of the implementation of the agreement is scheduled for early October this year. As the newspaper notes, the oil purchased from Turkmenistan was previously transported by tankers through the river and sea ports of the Russian Federation to Novosibirsk, and then by an oil pipeline. Now the vol...

On September 9, 2021, at the proposal of Turkmenistan at the 102nd plenary meeting of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly a resolution «On cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization» was unanimously adopted. As is known, within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the Economic Cooperation Organization, Ashgabat will host the 15th Summit of Heads of State of this organization on November 28 this year. Neutral Turkmenistan promotes imp...

In the northwestern part of the Dashoguz velayat, within the Ustyurt and Sarykamysh geographical regions, at the junction of the southern and northern subzones of the Turan deserts lies the Kaplankyr nature reserve. The reserve has clearly defined natural boundaries only in the west thanks to a huge depression - the Karashor salt marsh. It is difficult to find a territory within the Ustyurt that is more monotonous, smoother, more consistent with the idea of Ustyurt than an endless plain. The...

The growth of the gross domestic product of Turkmenistan for eight months of 2021 amounted to 6.2 percent. The results of the country's socio-economic development for the reporting period were considered at a meeting of the government of Turkmenistan. It was noted at the meeting that compared to the same period last year, production in general increased by 5.5 percent, the volume of retail trade increased by 17 percent, and the volume of foreign trade turnover - by 9.6 percent. The revenue si...

The love of the Turkmen painters to our Homeland is reflected in the paintings of exhibition dedicated to the 30th to anniversary of independence of Turkmenistan, opened in the Exhibition center of our capital. A painting “Novruz” by Natalya Kalugina, presented in the center of the exhibition hall, pictures a wonderful time of year when air is fresh and is sweet with the odours of dainty flowers of apricot. In her other painting “Way to mausoleum of Magtym Agzam” (people called him Magtym...

On September 9-10, 2021, in Tashkent city the 23rd Central Asia Media Conference of the OSCE was held in hybrid format. The theme of the Conference was “Promoting Public Value of the Media in Central Asia”. About 70 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia representing the governmental structures, media, the civil society and scientific community discussed core values, the content and strategic problems of the public service broadcasting in t...