On November 13, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Mr. Mohamed Ali Shihi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tunisia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Moscow) who arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials. At the beginning of the meeting the Ambassador presented the copies of his credential letters. Then, it was noted that both parties are ready to activate bilateral relations and they discussed matters represe...

On November 12, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Mr. Luvsan Battulga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Astana) who arrived in Turkmenistan to present his credentials. During the meeting, it was discussed the ways of intensification of Turkmen-Mongolian cooperation in politics, economy, cultural and humanitarian fields. During the talks specific attention was given to the aspects of coo...

The programme of the Japanese Film Festival, held in the cinema theatre in the Berkarar Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Ashgabat, includes five fictional and one animation films.  The representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Turkmenistan, the specialists of the Ministry of Culture, the masters of arts, students, residents and guests to Ashgabat, who are interested in the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun and study its language, attended the festival opening ceremony.  The films,...

Social and Cultural Centre of the Olympic village hosted the closing ceremony of the World Weightlifting Championship and the award ceremony of the winning men and women teams.  The event was forestalled by official ceremony of the flag of International Weightlifting Federation conferment to representative of the country, which would host the world tournament in 2019 – the Kingdom of Thailand. As it was said it would be difficult to surpass Turkmenistan by the level of organization of the cha...

Turkmen team successfully performed at the Open Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Europe Cup in Plock, having won two gold, four silver and one bronze medals.  Student of National Institute of Sports and Tourism Dovran Atayev (up to 77 kg) and Batyr Bayramgeldiyevwho was the best in the weight category up to 61 kg were the champions of the tournament.  Yalkym Nuriyev won the silver in the weigh category up to 70 kg. Two students of National Institute of Sports and Tourism Gulshat Gylyjova (up to 55...

On November 9, 2018, the meeting was held with the delegation headed by Mr. Mevlut Chavushoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted high level of bilateral relations and the importance of the visits paid by the Heads of States to each other’s countries. Futhermore, the heads of delegations discussed issues with regard to expanding cooperation in trade-economic, transport, energy, cultural- h...

On November 6-8, 2018, Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was on a working visit to Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to discuss priority areas of Tukmen-Afghan bilateral cooperation. In the course of the working visit, Turkmen delegation was recieved by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. During the meeting the sides discussed the issues of further expanding bi...