On October 8, 2021, the International forum of medical scientists «Health diplomacy is the foundation of a healthy world» opened in a hybrid format at the «Yyldyz» hotel in the capital city. The initiative to organize the international conference to discuss issues related to using the experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic and preventing the spread of infectious diseases was put forward by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The current event, which is being held i...

In a letter addressed to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev informs that all member states of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States unanimously supported granting Turkmenistan an observer status in the Council. “I share your view that mutual ties acquire special importance at the present time, including within the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, which is currently chaired by Azerbaijan. The T...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov has held the extended digital meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in which the works carried out by branches of the economic complex for nine months of this jubilee year were summed up and the course of realisation of presidential and other programs of social and economic development of the country was discussed. Reports of members of the Government, other corresponding heads, and also khyakims of the capital and regions were heard, priority tasks on imm...

The UN representation in Turkmenistan together with the British Embassy in Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and other national partners held the first in the country Youth Conference on Climate Change. The event was organized in the hybrid format on the eve of the 26th UN Climate Charge Conference (COP26) and Climate Charge Conference of Youth (COY16), which will be held in Glasgow (Great Britain). First of its kind conference in Turkmenistan is intended to ensure...

A natural disaster that occurred in Ashgabat on the night of October 5-6, 1948, claimed the lives of thousands of people and almost completely destroyed the city. On the eve of the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Ashgabat earthquake, Turkmen people remember those who once lived and worked in the blooming garden city before the tragic event. People came from different parts of the world to stay, or even move to live, in the sunny and welcoming capital of Turkmenistan. Among the guests...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Turkmenistan Ruben Kharazyan, who presented his credentials to the head of state. Expressing his sincere gratitude for the dedicated time, the diplomat conveyed to the leader of the nation cordial greetings from the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who addressed his best wishes to the entire Turkmen people. The ambassador empha...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation Alexei Overchuk, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit, leading the representative delegation of the friendly country. Expressing gratitude for the opportunity of personal meeting and the cordial welcome, the guest conveyed warm greetings to the President of Turkmenistan from Prime...