On November 12, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Mr. Luvsan Battulga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Turkmenistan (with residence in Astana) who arrived in Turkmenistan to present his credentials. During the meeting, it was discussed the ways of intensification of Turkmen-Mongolian cooperation in politics, economy, cultural and humanitarian fields. During the talks specific attention was given to the aspects of coo...

On November 9, 2018, the meeting was held with the delegation headed by Mr. Mevlut Chavushoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted high level of bilateral relations and the importance of the visits paid by the Heads of States to each other’s countries. Futhermore, the heads of delegations discussed issues with regard to expanding cooperation in trade-economic, transport, energy, cultural- h...

On November 6-8, 2018, Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was on a working visit to Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to discuss priority areas of Tukmen-Afghan bilateral cooperation. In the course of the working visit, Turkmen delegation was recieved by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. During the meeting the sides discussed the issues of further expanding bi...

Президент Туркменистана Гурбангулы Бердымухамедов принял министра иностранных дел Турецкой Республики Мевлюта Чавушоглу.  Выразив искреннюю признательность за уделённое время, гость передал главе государства приветствия от Президента Турции Реджепа Тайипа Эрдогана, адресовавшего наилучшие пожелания братскому туркменскому народу. При этом была подтверждена приверженность турецкой стороны традиционно дружественным отношениям с Туркменистаном, которые успешно развиваются по всему их спектру. ...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Tamás Aján.  Greeting the IWF Head, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov awarded him the memorial signs of the 2018 World Weightlifting Championship that has brought together the best sportsmen on the planet.  Thanking for the attention and the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest congratulated the President of Turkmenistan on the success of the World Championship and on behal...

Contests in women’s 81 kg started on the eighth day of the competitions. Our fellow countrywoman Aysoltan Toychiyeva competing in B Group was the third in the clean-and-jerk and in total and the fourth in the snatch.  Leader of the Group Raushan Meshitkhanova (Kazakhstan) put aside the opponents from the strongest A Group on the triumph podium with her 108 kg in the snatch, having taken the second place in the final.  London Olympics champion Lidia Valentin Perez from Spain was the winner...

The eighth day of the competitions of the World Weightlifting Championship is finished. It detected the winners of men’s 102 kg weight category. Our compatriot Ovez Ovezov, who competed out of scoring, demonstrated the best result in in the snatch and in total and third result in the clean-and-jerk in B Group.  In A group, the main contest was among the sportsmen from Uzbekistan, Iran and Ukraine in in the snatch. Weightlifter from Uzbekistan Akbar Jurayev, who lifted 180 kg in the final atte...