On January 16, 2018, as part of his short-term visit to India, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov met in New Delhi with the Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Sushma Swaraj. Thanking the External Affairs Minister of India for organizing this meeting in a short time, R. Meredov briefly described the ongoing diversified activities of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the practical im...

On January 16, 2018, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, there was a meeting with a delegation of the State of Palestine headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Mazen Shamia, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit.          The sides discussed the current state of relations and outlined directions for their further expansion. The political and diplomatic interaction between Turkmenistan and the State of Palestine were noted among the priority areas. During the talks, the si...

On 14-16 January 2018, a representative delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov paid a two-day visit to Islamabad. On the morning of Monday, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the level of the ministers of foreign affairs were held at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Khawaja Muhammad Asi...

On January 13, 2018, a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Mr. Jin Ki Hoon was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations and discussed further intensification of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Speaking about the high achievements in the political sphere, the parties expressed their commitment to further strengthening...

On 11 January 2018 political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Malaysia were held in Ashgabat. The delegation from Malaysia was led by Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman. During the meeting, the issues of development of cooperation in the political, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian spheres, as well as in the spheres of energy, transport, education, and tourism were discussed. Noting the successful development of bilateral relations in all area...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...

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...