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MORE THAN 500 JOURNALISTS FROM 82 COUNTRIES COVER V ASIAN GAMES
More than 500 foreign journalists work in these days in Turkmenistan, promptly covering the course of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. For the representatives of the foreign press in the Media Center of the Olympic town all conditions for fruitful and efficient work were created. At the disposal of the accredited journalists at the competitions - the best modern technology, they are provided with a connection with the editions of their media and comfortable working premises. The Cen...
ANTI-DOPING SYSTEM OF TURKMENISTAN - A GUARANTEE OF PURITY OF THE ASIAN GAMES
The developed sports infrastructure and huge attention which is given by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the sports sphere - the major resource of public progress, became an important condition which has caused the choice of Turkmenistan as a venue for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Thanks to the large scale work, today our capital has unique sports objects in region answering to the international standards and allowing organizing competitions at the highest level. Besides i...
PRIORITY POSITIONS AND INITIATIVES OF TURKMENISTAN WERE SUBMITTED TO THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
On September 25, 2017, the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN, Ambassador A.Ataeva, in the course of general political debates of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, spoke on behalf of the delegation of Turkmenistan. The delegation of our country said that the Government of Turkmenistan strongly condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and recognizes that the prevention of terrorism is one of the most important components of ensuring national, regional a...
The award ceremony of the presents to refugee sportsmen takes place in the Olympic village
The award ceremony of valuable gifts to the members of refugee team with participation of the leaders of the Executive Committee of V Asian Games, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the State Committee for Sports and Tourism, coaches and members of Turkmenistan and foreign countries’ teams, representatives of domestic and foreign mass media has taken place in the Olympic village. The action was held at the square of the Olympic village under music and songs,...
TURKMENISTAN AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DISCUSSED ISSUES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL COOPERATION
On September 19, 2017 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs there was the meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic to India Mr. Frank Hans Dannenberg Castellanos who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Expressing sincere gratitude for the warm hospitality, the guest stressed that the Dominican Republic highly appreciates the policy of neutrality and good neighborliness pursued by...
TURKMENISTAN AND JAPAN DISCUSSED ISSUES OF COOPERATION IN THE SPHERE OF SPORTS
On September 19, 2017 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting of the Chairman of the State Committee for Sports of Turkmenistan T. Komekov with the Japanese delegation led by the President of the Organizing Committee for the preparation of the Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the head of the Parliamentary Association of the Japanese-Turkmen Friendship of the Parliament of Japan Endo Toshiaki, who arrived in Ashgabat to take part in the Fifth Asian Indoor and Martia...
TURKMENISTAN AND THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM DISCUSSED EXPANSION OF COOPERATION
On September 18, 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with members of the delegation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, led by the Deputy Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Le Khan Khai, who arrived to participate in the opening ceremony of the 5 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. First of all, the guest expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side for the opportunity to the representatives of Vietnam to take part in the opening ceremony of the 5 As...