Conference and Grand Reception dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan held in Tokyo

On November 10, 2016 at the Tokyo "Palace" hotel, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan has organized Conference titled "Turkmenistan's Initiatives on the development of the Global sustainable transport system". During the Conference the video about V Asian Indoor Games and martial arts to be held in 2017 in Ashgabat, was also shown. On the same day, the Grand Reception on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan was also held.

The Conference was attended by 200 peo...

Began nomination of candidates for the Presidential elections of Turkmenistan

In accordance with Articles №44, №45 of the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan, December 14, 2016 at the conference of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Myalikgulyevich nominated as a candidate for the Presidential elections of Turkmenistan to be held February 12, 2017. Events for the nomination of the candidate held in the hall of the mejlises center of the public organizations of Turkmenistan.  

In accordance with the Electoral code of Turkmenistan the rig...

Press Release

In the last days contradictory information started to circulate in the mass media of Iran and other states concerning Turkmen-Iranian relations in the gas sphere.  Some of them allegedly state about “unexpected and inconsistent with bilateral agreement” termination of natural Turkmen gas supplies to Iran as of January 1st 2017.  On the contrary, in other publications it is noted that Iran has signed a five year contract with Turkmenistan on the supply of Turkmen gas.

In this regard, the Minis...

Press Release

In connection with the posted content on the official website of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), the following is noted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Company’s message has tendentious and biased nature, is considered by us as an attempt to mislead all of us, regarding to the debt repayment obligations of the Company to the Turkmen side.

In particular, the statements about the alleged violations of the contract from  State Concern «Turkmengaz», related to the...

IN JAPAN TOOK PLACE A SPECIAL EVENT DEDICATED TO ETHNOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF TURKMENISTAN

On January 8, 2017 in one of the largest art museums of Japan «POLA», was held special event dedicated to ethnography and history of Turkmenistan. Said event was carried out within the framework of Exhibition of ethnographic and jewelry of Turkmenistan, which enjoys great popularity among the visitors and held here since September 2016 up until March 2017.

During the above-mentioned event Ms. Takako Murata - researcher in the field of jewelry and ethnographic art, Ms. Matsuri - designer and f...

PRESENTATION OF TURKMENISTAN AND ASIADA-2017 WAS HELD AT THE KOKUGAKUIN UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

To commemorate the 250 days countdown before the start of the Asian Games 2017, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan in collaboration with representatives of Kokugakuin University of Tokyo on January 12, 2017 has organized a Presentation in the form of an extended meeting with students and professors of this and other universities in Japan. Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Japan Gurbanmamet Elyasov, representatives of the University, as well as former Charge d’Affairs of Japan in Turkmenistan Mitsur...

PRESS–RELEASE

On January 18, 2017 at the Olympic village in Ashgabat the press conference was organized dedicated to the V Asian Games indoors and martial arts, to be held from 17 to 27 September 2017 at the capital of Turkmenistan. The press conference was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Sport, the Executive Committee for the preparation of V Asian Games and the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan.

The press conference was attend...

PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN GURBANGULY BERDIMUHAMEDOV PARTICIPATED AT THE SUMMIT OF THE ECO IN ISLAMABAD

Today, on the first of March, 2017 President of Turkmenistan left for Islamabad on a working visit to participate in the XIII Summit of the Heads of the States of the Economic Cooperation Organization member-countries.

Current meeting of the Heads of States and the Governments, high-rank representatives of the ECO members and international organizations will be important phase in the activity of the Organization for analyses of the past work and definition of perspective future directions....

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“Garlyk” mining and processing plant for the production of potassium fertilizers will be inagurated in Turkmenistan on March 31, 2017

Equipped with the most advanced technologies, this plant will become the flagship of the Turkmen chemical industry and the largest industrial-production complex in the Asian continent. The fact that its construction on one of the largest deposits of potassium salts in the world clearly indicates that Turkmenistan will obtain  one of the leading positions in the...

Ashgabat 2017 launches Ticket Sales across Turkmenistan

Tickets for the upcoming Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will go on sale across the country on Saturday 29 July.

With more than 700,000 tickets available for more than 220 sessions, spectators will be able to watch the best athletes from Asia and Oceania compete over 12 days of competition and across 21 sports. All session, including preliminary rounds and medal events, can be found on the Sport Competition Schedule, which the public can reference to choose the events th...