Balkan Shipyard OJSC increase the rates of work. Since it was opened, the facility has already repaired 24 vessels, carried out average complexity maintenance work on 24 vessels at berth and 23 ships have undergone intermediate maintenance. The shipyard is designated for overall maintenance of big and small crafts. It has a system for launching and maintenance of ships up to 10,000 tons of deadweight and building of 4 – 6 ships per year. The shipyard has all capabilities for construction of o...

In order to implement constructive initiatives, put forward by the President of Turkmenistan with the aim to promote environmental diplomacy and strengthen the international legal framework in this area, during a government meeting on August 27, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashid Meredov come up with the idea of our country to join the Nagoya Protocol to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The aim of the Nagoya Protocol that entered into force in 2014 is to ensu...

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to France Shohrat Jumaev met with Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health Mrs. Monique Elois and Advisor to Director General, Dr. Romano Marabelli. The parties discussed the issues of enhancing cooperation to ensure epizootic well-being. During the meeting, Ambassador Sh. Jumaev informed Mrs. Elois that the Association "Türkmen alabaý itleri" ("Turkmen alabai") was recently established in Turkmenistan and presented the structure and key vectors...

Resolutions on Joining of the country to number of international agreements, which include the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and Agreement on the Protection of Afro-Eurasian Migratory Wetland Birds, have been adopted at the 10th session of the Mejlis of the 6th convocation on August 22. We have asked Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Eldar Rustamov to comment on this event, which indicates active position of our country in solution of natural conse...

Representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations took part in an online meeting with the heads of the EXPO-2020 steering committee. The organizational issues of the global forum were discussed during the meeting. As reported, taking into account the epidemiological situation in the world, Turkmenistan supported the initiative put forward by the UAE to postpone EXPO-2020 to next year. In this regard, the parties called for the intensification of mutually beneficial co...

I first saw works by Gulyara Babaeva once visiting an exhibition. The paintings drew me like a magnet with a sense of great sincerity and the young artist’s creative signature style. On hearing my enthusiastic response, one of the visitors advised me to have a look at her handcrafted ceramics. I must confess that I did not give due consideration to them at that time thinking of the ceramic works as the young artist’s hobby. Quite the opposite, in fact: Gulyara Babaeva is a ceramist and her pa...

Beneficial geographic location of Turkmenistan provides its strengthening status of important transit and transport hub of Eurasia. The potential of our country in this sphere impresses taking into account new transnational Kazakhstan – Turkmenistan – Iran railroad, Kerky – Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) railway line, railway and motor bridges across Amudarya River, super modern airports in Ashgabat, Turkmenbashy, Turkmenabat and other cities. Special role in development of lo...