First sessions of medical, technical, coach and executive committees of 2018 World Weightlifting Championship, which opening ceremony to take place on November 1, were held in the Sport Hotel of the capital Olympic village.  Representatives of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and hosts of the tournament discussed the readiness of all support services and facilities to high-level conduct of the competitions, which would last until November 10, 2018. One of the objectives of the abo...

Maxim Zekini and David Bismut last year, saying goodbye to the Ashgabat audience after the concert, promised to return and, as we see, they kept their promise. The French-Turkmen concert "Eternal Love" held with their participation on the stage of the Turkmen Music and Drama Theater named after Makhtumkuli.  This is the third visit to Turkmenistan for Maxim and the second - for David. We have already acquainted the readers with the work of these musicians, but still recall, both are graduates...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan published another edition of quarterly, scientific-practical magazine “Foreign policy and diplomacy of Turkmenistan”. The magazine introduces the statements of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly and at the session of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan. Then it proceeds with the information on high level meetings with President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President...

On October 27, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the German delegation, which arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit under the leadership of the head of the Inter-Parliamentary Group for Central Asia of the Bundestag (Parliament) of the Federal Republic of Germany Manfred Grund. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties, noting the progress in the successful development of Turkmen-German cooperation, expressed their commitment to intensify i...

27 transactions were registered past week at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.  Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Afghanistan and others purchased, in foreign currency, hydrotreated diesel fuel and petroleum coke produced at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries. Businessmen from the UAE bought heavy vacuum gas oil from the Seydi Oil Refinery, and carbamide (Turkmenhimiya State Concern). The latter was also purchased by the representatives o...

On October 26, 2018, the MFA of Turkmenistan and the US delegation headed by Ms. Emilia Puma – Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for South and Central Asia continued to hold Turkmenistan – US bilateral political consultations. The parties have discussed matters related to cooperation in economy, environmental protection, energy, water management and regional integration. Participants have pointed out energy, transport, communications, agriculture sector and export promotion (goods and...

On October 25–26, 2018, the 8th meeting of the joint Turkmen-Tajik Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held in the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. The Turkmen part of this commission was headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, and the Tajik part was headed by the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan. During the meeting, it was emphasized that within the framework of developing and stren...