On 11 January 2018 political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Malaysia were held in Ashgabat. The delegation from Malaysia was led by Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman. During the meeting the issues of development of cooperation in the political, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian spheres, as well as in the spheres of energy, transport, education and tourism were discussed. Noting successful development of bilateral relations in all areas of m...

Thanks to the fast-paced comprehensive modernization and diversification of the communications system, the use of state-of-the-art equipment and introduction of innovations in the field, Turkmenistan boasts an extensive telecommunications network that enables every citizen to get Internet access. According to the Ministry of Communications, the number of web users has been steadily rising in the country. In the period from October 5 to December 31, 2017, the figure increased 1.2 times; revenu...

On January 11, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov has received Foreign Minister of Malaysia Dato Sri Anifah Aman. Appreciative of the hospitable welcome given to him in Turkmenistan, the guest passed along warm greetings to the head of state from Malaysia’s top leadership, who had sincerely wished happiness and prosperity to the nation’s leader and the entire nation. As highlighted, Malaysia attaches high importance to promoting cooperation with Turkmenistan and regards our country...

“First of all, on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency, I, would like to thank You, as the President of Turkmenistan and the President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan, for rendering continued support to WADA and our purposes of protecting doping-free athletes”, the message of World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedy says. Under Your patronage Turkmenistan hosted a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Doping Organization of Central Asia and a semina...

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held the session of the State Security Council where the outcomes of the activity of military and law enforcement agencies in 2017 were summed up and further priority objectives of security forces were outlined. First, secretary of the State Security Council, Defence Minister Ya. Berdiyev made report on the measures on strengthening of defence capability of the country, impr...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made working trip around the capital including look around from the helicopter. During the trip, the Head of the State has inspected practical realization of the programmes for the development of social infrastructure and urban planning of the city and for the construction of living. Turkmen leader has also reviewed the projects of new big facility, fashionable hotel with business centre, and has given instructions for the construction of another high-class...

Container train making another China – Kazakhstan – Turkmenistan – Iran test run went from Turkmenistan to Iran via Akyayla railway station. Development of the most advantageous routes connecting the countries of huge Asian continent including transit corridors of Turkmenistan meets the objectives of the development of logistic system of our state taking into account its favourable geographic location. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who initiated large-scale transport projects aimed at...