Turkmenistan marked the Commemorative Day of 1948 Ashgabat Earthquake as we as of the warriors lost in the battlefields. The State flags was flying half-staff on occasion of sorrowful date across the country. Mourning prayers and food donations were held all around Turkmenistan. Early in the morning, thousands of Ashgabat residents came to «Halk hakydasy» Memorial Complex to lay the flowers to the pedestal of «Ruhy tagzym», «Milletiň ogullary», «Baky şöhrat» monuments. President Gurbanguly...

International Exhibition and Conference Tourism and Travel will be held in Avaza National tourist zone on October 9 – 10. Participation of foreign tourist companies as well as international travel agencies and companies specialized in hotel business, representatives of business circles, scientist and specialists expressing the interest in tourism and travelling is planned in the forum.  The conference will be held in the format three sectional sessions: the Role of historical and cultural her...

The opening of petrochemical complex for processing of natural gas and production of polyethylene and polypropylene, which will be the first facility of such profile, will be held in Balkan velayat on October 17. Its production output capacity allows processing of 5 billion cubic meters of gas and producing 381,000 tons of high-density polyethylene, 81,000 tons of polypropylene and other production per year.  The information on the opening of new facility was presented by Vice-premier M. Mere...

At the session of the Government on October 5, Vice-premier, Foreign Minister Rashid meredov reported on the elaboration of the Draft Programme of implementation of constructive initiatives voiced by the President of Turkmenistan at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly where the Head of the State made political statement.  The Programme provides the measures for fulfilment of the proposal about declaration of 2019 as the Year of Peace and Trust made by Head of Turkmenistan...

On October 5, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the implementation of initiatives of the President of Turkmenistan, announced at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, rectors of a number of higher educational institutions of the country, political scientists, leaders and representatives of embassies and international organizations accredited in Tu...

On 4 October 2018, talks were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the President of IRIB TV and Radio Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Abdolali Ali Askari, who arrived on a working visit to Ashgabat to attend the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). During the talks, the sides noted the high level of relations based on the principles of mutual respect and good neighborliness, and then exchanged views on the curr...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Secretary General of the Asian Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Javad Mottaghi, Acting President of the ABU, General Director of Indian State TV Channel Doordarshan Supriya Sahu and Vice-president of the ABU, President of Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Ryoichi Ueda.  Greeting the Head of the State, the guests highlighted that they are glad to visit Turkmenistan, which is known around the world by its constructive policy aimed at wide inter...