Action of destruction of narcotic drugs and counterfeit cigarettes was held next to Bagabat settlement of Ak Bugday etrap, Ahal Velayat. It was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan, State Coordination Commission on Combating Drug Addiction under the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Interior of the country. Narcotic drugs and cigarettes, which were seized during number of special operation conducted by law enforcement and military agency, have been burned down in special furnaces....

On December 7, 2018 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with Japanese delegation, led by the head of the Direction for International projects of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Japan Takasi Yosioka, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting both sides noted the significant reinforcement of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan. They also stopped on a positive development and strategically character of bilateral relation...

On December 7, 2018 at the capital’s hotel “Yildyz” there has finished the work of the international conference on ministers’ level “Importance of the Great Silk Road: present and future development”. During the conference there were discussed the following themes: “From Historical Routes to Modern Highways: Revival of the Great Silk Road”, “Shared Heritage and Plural Identities along the Silk Road” and “Spreading of Culture through Commerce along the Great Silk Road”. The conference, which w...

On December 6, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Russian Federation on a working visit to attend an informal meeting of the heads of CIS member states. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proceeded to the Boris Yeltsin Library from the St. Petersburg International Airport, where a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. After mutual greetings and traditional photo-sharing...

On December 6, 2018, in “Yyldyz” Hotel of Ashgabat an international ministerial conference on the theme “Importance of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development” organized by the Government of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNESCO concluded the plenary sessions. The purpose of the international conference, which is held with the participation of representatives from about 40 countries, is to reveal the role and the importance of the Great Silk Road for sustainable development, dis...

On December 6, 2018 in the building of the agricultural complex of Turkmenistan, an international seminar "The successes achieved in the field of environmental protection and international cooperation in the year, held under the motto" Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road "with the joint organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on environmental protection and land resources. The workshop was attended by representatives...

On December 6, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has gone to Sankt-Petersburg, the Russian Federation, on a working visit. During the visit President of Turkmenistan plans to participate and make a speech at the informal Summit of  the Heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.