On November 30, 2019, Ashgabat hosted sports competitions in chess and badminton between diplomats of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the country and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the International Day of Neutrality. According to the results of the chess tournament held at the Ashgabat specialized chess school, representatives of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan won 1s...

Today, on December 1, 2019,  a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Turkmenistan, Katsumata Takahiko was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the Ambassador of Japan was handed a letter from the President of Turkmenistan addressed to the Emperor of Japan Naruhito with thanks for the invitation to take part in the ceremony of the accession of the Empero...

On November 29, 2019, in the morning, the President of Turkmenistan proceeded to the Kuksaroý Palace, which became the venue for the official events of the Summit. The first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon also arrived in Tashkent to participate in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of Central Asia. After the traditional photograph...

On November 29, 2019, the meeting of the technical groups on the Confidence Building Measures – Regional Infrastructure of the member states of the “Istanbul Process” on cooperation on Afghanistan was held in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, authorized representatives of the “Istanbul Process” participating states, as well as the international organizations supporting the given initiative...

As a rule, a skillful maker of musical instruments can also play them well. To master this exquisite old craft, it goes far beyond having woodworking skills, a luthier need to have a natural ability to hear the rich and unique ‘voice’ of wood and discover its resonant properties. Not only is Dashoguz-based Orebay Annaev a master dutar maker, he also teaches children to play the instrument. He has taught the dutar for over 30 years at the Dashoguz Velayat School of Fine Arts. Over the years he...

he Ashgabat Textile Complex of the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan expands production range. Equipment for production of hollow fibre filling and thermal insulation material – elastic balls made of polypropylene fibre, has been installed at the facility. The technology suggested by the Company Ball Fibre Machine allows producing new generation non-weaved fabrics. The hollow fibre is made of hollow twisted synthetic fibre. High level of twisting leads to formation of round polymer...

On November 25, 2019, the 31st plenary meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG) opened in Ashgabat. The EAG is designed to help reduce the threat of international terrorism by ensuring transparency, reliability and security of the financial systems of states. The Plenary meeting was attended by the delegations of EAG member states, namely, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic o...