Construction workers have found the remains of ancient settlement during construction of underground communications at one of the parts of residential complex, which is built under the 16th phase of urban development, in the northwest part of Ashgabat. Accidentally, the bucket of excavator has hit the wall of huge ceramic vessel at the depth of 2 meters. It turned out to be a one meter jug. The works have been stopped immediately and according to the rules, information about the findings was sen...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe. Cordially greeting each other, the Turkmen leader and the head of the Japanese Government expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to discuss the status and prospects of interstate relations based on the principles of mutual respect and mutual goodwill of the parties. Thanking Prime Minister Shinzō Abe for the constant attention and support paid to strengthening the...

The UNICEF Executive Board has endorsed Turkmenistan’s Country Programme Document for 2021-2025 in its second regular session this year taking place virtually from 8 to 11 September 2020. UNICEF’s sixth programme of cooperation with Turkmenistan will aim at supporting the Government in meeting its commitments to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of children, as stipulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and further reaffirmed in the National Plan of Action on the Realization...

On September 8, 2020, the presentation ceremony of the new book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov entitled “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” was held in the Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Turkmenistan.  The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, executive staff, as well as the faculty members and students of the higher educational institutions and scientific centers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the dipl...

At the session of the Government on September 4, Vice-premier Ch. Gylyjov has informed that Head of the State about work for increment of production of carpets as well as for provision of local and foreign markets with carpet production. In this aspect, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that Turkmen carpets are carpets are samples of beauty, which improved the treasury of human civilization. Turkmen carpets are registered in the UNESCO World Intangible Heritage List. This is...

25 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan purchased aviation and technical kerosene, gasoline, hydrotreated diesel fuel, petroleum coke, diesel fuel, base oil produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Moreover, businessmen from Russia, the UAE, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia purchased polyethylene, one-colored and jacquard terry pr...

On September 3, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. At the beginning of the conversation, the Turkmen leader emphasized that he recalls with particular warmth his visit to Italy in November 2019, where, during the summit in Rome, topical issues of interaction in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other areas had been discussed. President Gu...