On October 3, 2018, in the capital Hotel Sport, a briefing was held on the topic of sports policy of Turkmenistan and the holding of the World Weightlifting Championship in October 28 - November 10, 2018 in our country. The briefing was attended by the representatives of the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan, students, professors and teachers of the Turkmen National Institute of Sports and Tourism, foreign jo...

The following events were held in Ashgabat on October 2, 2018 within the framework of the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU): a meeting of the Technical Group, the seventh forum of women, a seminar on quality management, a seminar of managers, a meeting of radio workers, a planning and strategizing group, a program committee, a meeting on financing television sports rights, and the VII Song Festival. In the evening of the same day, at the end of...

The head of the famous Turkmen “Horsemen” group Pygya Bairamdurdyev was awarded the “Galkynysh” order in honor of the 27th anniversary of independence, the main director of the State Circus.  “Such a high assessment of my work causes a feeling of excitement and great gratitude,” Pygy Hojamuhammedovich shares his impressions. “When I got the award, I remembered a momentous episode from my life that occurred 30 years ago: a rural boy, driven by a dream to become a jigit, is standing in the circ...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is now on a working visit to the United States of America, took part in the Turkmenistan-USA business forum, held at the “Mandarin Oriental” hotel. The meeting of the head of state with representatives of the business circles of the two countries is of great importance for the further development of trade and economic partnership contacts, the opening of new areas of joint efforts. It is also significant because it takes place in the year of the 10th a...

On October 1-2, 2018, in Geneva, within the framework of the 46th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the second periodic report of Turkmenistan on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was reviewed. The Turkmen delegation at this event was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V.Hadzhiev. The delegation included representatives of the Ministries of Health and the medical indu...

On September 29, 2018, the President of Turkmenistan departed from Ashgabat International Airport to New York. Having made a long flight, the presidential airliner landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where the President of Turkmenistan was met by officials. From the air harbor, the Turkmen leader headed to the residence allotted to him during his visit, which was located in the upscale of “Mandarin Oriental” hotel, located in the heart of Manhattan. Here the head of state was gre...

On October 1, 2018, the Days of Sustainable Development Goals opened at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was attended by the heads and officers of international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, teachers and students of the Institute of International Relations of the MFA of Turkmenistan, Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly, the International U...