On February 1, the Ministry of Culture hosted an online working meeting with representatives of the UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office.  The meeting focused on developing joint proposals concerning the inscription of traditional Turkmen crafts on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In particular, the sides discussed the nomination file for the traditional art of embroidery, keşdeçilik sungaty, which stretches back into antiquity.    During an exchange...

Today, on the 2nd of February 2021, a meeting took place in the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the heads and representatives of the UN and its agencies in the country and in the region.  The session was held in the hybrid format that is some participants were present in the conference room, while other participants took part in the meeting through videoconferencing.     In particular, around 30 country and regional heads and repr...

In accordance with a Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Sport and Youth Policy has been authorized to hold the Davis Cup event (which was previously due to take place on June 8-15, 2020) at the Tennis Complex, Ashgabat Olympic Park on September 6-12, 2021 in collaboration with the Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan and the International Tennis Federation. Davis Cup Event to Take Place in Ashgabat (turkmenistan.gov.tm)

Last week, 93 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, businessmen from China, Great Britain, and Turkey bought green and calcinated petroleum coke, produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex.  Deals in foreign currency also included clear sheet glass and cotton yarn. They were made by traders from the Russian Federation, the UAE, Great Britain, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.  The sum total of the transactions exceeded...

On February 1, 2021, the Inter-MFA consultations were held in the format of a videoconference between Turkmenistan and the Sultanate of Oman.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, while the Omani side was led by the Foreign Minister of the Sultanate of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. During the talks, a wide range of issues pertaining to Turkmen-Omani relations in political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural...

On the 30th of January, 2021, the successive session of the Inter-departmental Commission of Turkmenistan on the issues of the Caspian Sea was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The corresponding Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of relevant ministries and profile departments of Turkmenistan took part in the session.  The results of the activities held in the previous 2020 year were discussed at the session.  Also, the priority courses of action were...

Today, on the 30th of January 2021, upon the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the successive session of the National Commission for UNESCO of Turkmenistan was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, as well as the heads and representatives of profile ministries and departments of the country took part in the meeting.    During his opening remarks, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of...