Turkmenistan is on the threshold of an important socio-political event - the election of Mejlis deputies and the velayat, etrap and city Halk Maslahaty and Gengesh members to be held on March 25, 2018. A total of 125 Mejlis deputies are to be elected around the country. For the elections of velayat Halk Maslahaty members 240 electoral districts have been created, 40 in each of velayats and the city of Ashgabat. For the elections of etrap and city Halk Maslahaty members a total of 1200 elector...

On January 16, 2018, as part of his short-term visit to India, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov met in New Delhi with the Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Sushma Swaraj. Thanking the External Affairs Minister of India for organizing this meeting in a short time, R. Meredov briefly described the ongoing diversified activities of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the practical im...

On 14-16 January 2018, a representative delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov paid a two-day visit to Islamabad. On the morning of Monday, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the level of the ministers of foreign affairs were held at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Khawaja Muhammad Asi...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...

Turkmen Airlines has opened the flight Ashgabat-Yerevan-Frankfurt-Yerevan-Ashgabat. This international flight has replenished the schedule of flights of the Service "Türkmenhowaýollary" on the eve of the New Year, becoming a festive gift for lovers of travel and business people. Possibilities of opening direct flights between Ashgabat and Yerevan were discussed at the high level meetings, held in August this year during the official visit of the Esteemed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to...

On December 25, 2017, the Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications hosted a conference on the role of the resolution "Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve sustainable development goals" adopted at the UN General Assembly on December 20, 2017. Representatives of the Mejlis and diplomatic corps of our country, various ministries and agencies, as well as teachers and students of the Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications, the Turkmen S...

The Ashgabat Declaration adopted at the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference held on 28-29 November 2017 in Ashgabat in the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the Organization was circulated as the document of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly of the United Nations under the item 19 (i) of the agenda.