When melon was cultivated for certain is unknown. The fact that since time immemorial it is grown in the valleys of the rivers Murghab, Tejen, Amu Darya is beyond doubt. This ancients fruit has existed for many thousands of years. Once upon a time, these golden fruits with honey flesh, exuding a wonderful aroma, carried caravans along the roads of the Great Silk Road to China, India, and Europe. Since the 90-ies of the XIX century, unusual golden balls were exhibited at agricultural exhibitions...

Avaza National tourist zone will host Children cultural and sport festival of Caspian States. School student teams from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Russian Federation will compete in six sports. These are mini football, volleyball, basketball, ping pong, chess and belt wrestling. The competitions will be held in Avaza Sport complex. VI International Festival of talented children “Avaza – the Place of Happiness” will also be held under sport forum. The main objective of this...

Big Balhan is a mountain island among endless plains of the Karakums. The richness of colours of natural landscapes leaves wonderful and bright impressions. Mountain trails lead from the stone bags through the gorges with steep slopes of screes to the spaces of huge plateau that crowns the range. The highest point of the Balkhan, the Arlan Mountain is located on 1,800 meters above the sea level. Mountain ranges sharply contrast with surrounding desert plains not only by the landscape and microcl...

A two-day meeting on the Regional Nutrition Partnership Platform for Central Asia and Caucasus has begun in Ashgabat as part of the Health-2018 International Exhibition and Conference. The Regional Platform aims to develop potential and strengthen partnership in this field. Among those attending the meeting are specialists from different ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Serbia, and i...

On 18 July 2018, the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations, together with Permanent Missions of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic of India, held a presentation headlined “Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Gas Pipeline: New Energy Silk Road to Provide Access to Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy For All” at the UNDP headquarters in New York.  A thematic photo exhibition was organized as part of the event that att...

The delegation of Turkmenistan, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the High-Level Political Forum under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council. The forum on sustainable development was held in New York.  The high-level political forum on the Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies brought together the government representatives of the UN member states, the private sector and civil society. This year, the meeting participant...

Regional project “Integrated management of natural resources in the drought and salinization of agricultural production landscapes of Central Asia and Turkey” until 2021 is starting. It will be carried out by the State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources under support of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization and the Global Environmental Facility.  Cooperation of the state under this project will be built on integrated approach to the management of water and land resources...