On December 11, 2017, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a conference on "Policy of Neutrality and Preventive Diplomacy in International Relations: Experience of Turkmenistan and its Importance" and an exhibition dedicated to the celebration of the International Day of Neutrality. The conference was attended by the deputies of the Mejlis, heads of ministries and departments, diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmen...

I congratulate you with the commencement of the International Conference, “Policy of Neutrality and Preventive Diplomacy in International Relations: Experience of Turkmenistan and Its Significance”, and with International Neutrality Day, reads the address by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.  It is symbolic that this representative forum is taking place during the days when all member states to the Community of Nations, together with the people of Turkmenistan, are widely celebrating the t...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 158 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from Great Britain, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Latvia bought aviation kerosene, gasoline, liquefied gas and low sulphur reduced fuel oil manufactured at Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex and also gasoline produced at Seydi oil refinery and liquefied gas (SC "Turkmengaz"). Besides it, for the foreign currency...

In the conference hall of the capital National Institute of Sports and Tourism the ceremony in honour of prize-winners of international tournaments which passed in early December, took place. On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the sportsmen who gained successful results on the world arena, special gifts were handed.  Representatives of some profile departments of the State Committee for Sports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sports high school, including its students, teachers...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the outcomes of social and economic development of the country for eleven months of 2017.  Opening the session, the Head of the State reported on the decision to adopt the bill on granting of Turkmenistan to 1690 people on occasion of International Neutrality Day.  After, the president of the country gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister R...

The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.  The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea)....

On the occasion of International Neutrality Day, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, signed the Decree on Pardoning Convicted Persons.  Pursuant to the document, 697 citizens of the country will be freed from further serving the basic sentence and additional penalty of being imposed the obligation to reside in a certain locality.  Consequently, the head of state has tasked the Secretary of the State Security...