On May 5, 2018 the Embassy Turkmenistan in the Kyrgyz Republic organized a mini-football tournament for the cup "Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road", devoted to the announcement in Turkmenistan the month of social and cultural events "Health and Happiness". This tournament was attended by the football teams of the Embassies of Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University. This competition was held...

On May 4, 2018, at the Korean University of Foreign Languages, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Korea organized a presentation on "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road". The event, whose main goal is the popularization of the spiritual heritage of the Turkmen people, was attended by graduate students and teachers of the CIS chair of this higher educational institution. The video presentation demonstrated by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul, acquainted Korean s...

On the occasion of the upcoming 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, the capital’s Mekan Palace hosted a ceremony to honor war veterans and widows of fallen warriors and present money, valuable gifts and bouquets of spring flowers from the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.  An exhibition of paintings, photographs and books showcasing exemplary courage and resilience of those who forged the victory on the battlefields and through feats of...

National Institute of Sport and Tourism hosted the award ceremony of annual event action “Turkmenistan – the Country of Health and Inspiration” that is aimed at wide popularization of mass sports. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as well as the above-mentioned institute were the organizers of the event.  During the whole month, the residents of the capital and regions participated in the different sport competitions defining the best on football, volleyball, basketball, track and field at...

On May 4, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, Ms. Esther Kuisch Laroche, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit to participate in the inauguration of the new International Seaport. During the talks, the sides exchanged views on perspective areas of partnership, identifying among them the scientific, educational and cultural sphere, cooperation in the preservation of historical and architectu...

During the session of the Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Chairman D. Amangeldiyev informed on the work for construction of boundary automobile road Turkmenbashy – Garabogaz – Kazakhstan.  In this regard, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that at present time, comfortable and safe international transport corridors with the involvement of all modes of transport were created in the country what provides stable development in the region and improvement of political and cultural cooper...

On May 3, 2018, in the Avaza National Tourism Zone, the IX meeting of the Ministers of Transport and Communications of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization was held. High-ranking representatives of the Economic Cooperation Organization, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and a number of other international organizations attended the meeting which was held in the congress cente...