On February 24, 2021, within the framework of the 83rd session of the Inland Transport Committee of Economic Commission for Europe upon the initiative of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva the parallel event in videoconferencing format dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Turkmenistan and International Year of Peace and Trust was organized under the title “Stability of transport and trade relations in the region of the Caspian sea dur...

On February 23, 2021, the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov, Jeyhun Bayramov and Mevlüt Çavuşoglu was held in the Turkish capital within the framework of trilateral format of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey. The parties confirmed the existence of large potential of the multilateral dialogue in fuel-energy, trade-economic and transport-logistics spheres as well as in high technology area. The diplomats considered the questions of the realization of the agreed ag...

On February 22, 2021, upon the assignment of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov went to Ankara on a working visit. On February 23, 2021, within the framework of his visit, the head of foreign political agency of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was received by the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The same day in Ankara, the inter-MFA consultations wer...

On February 22, 2021, the meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Leader of the National Islamic Movement Party of Afghanistan Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum who arrived in Ashkhabad on a working visit. During the constructive talks the sides exchanged views on the agenda of the effective Turkmen-afghan interaction. It was underlined the active development of bilateral ties with the aim of all-round implementation of the agreements reached...

Last week, 66 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Russia, the UAE, and Afghanistan bought polypropylene and low sulfur residual oil, produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex. Businessmen from the UAE, Scotland, Afghanistan, and Singapore made deals for purchasing ECO-93 gasoline, liquefied gas and technical grade sulfur (Türkmengaz State Concern). Deals in foreign currency also included...

Steady efforts are being made at the Kaplankyr State Nature Reserve to conserve native wildlife and enhance biodiversity. Some animals that are found in the north of Turkmenistan live here in open-air enclosures under the watchful eye of specialists. In particular, the Nature Reserve is home to goitered gazelles, argali, hares, pheasants, to name just a few. Animals and birds are kept well supplied with their typical natural food and are provided with a safe and suitable environment that allows...

Subterranean Biology, an international journal of the International Society for Subterranean Biology (SIBIOS-ISSB), has published the results of the studies carried out in 2018 by scientists in the Kaptarkhan Cave at the foot of the Koytendag Range. We asked Shaniyaz Mengliev, the head of the Scientific Department of the Koytendag State Nature Reserve, who participated in the studies of the underground labyrinths, to tell us about it: – International surveys were conducted for several years t...