On January 16, 2018, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with a delegation of the State of Palestine headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Mazen Shamia, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit.          The sides discussed the current state of relations and outlined directions for their further expansion. The political and diplomatic interaction between Turkmenistan and the State of Palestine were noted among the priority areas. During the talks, the sid...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...

On Thursday, December 28, 2017, the succeeding test container train was launched from Changsha city - the administrative centre of Hunan Province of China,- via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Tehran. The route of this container train runs through the main network of Chinese railways, in particular, the Khorgos border crossing, the Altyn koy-Bolashak (Kazakhstan) railway lines, the rail network of Turkmenistan-Serhetiak, Akayla and further to Tehran. The length of the Changsha-Tehran route...

On December 26, 2017 a scientific and practical Conference titled "Development of statehood, legal system and democracy in neutral Turkmenistan" was held in the Conference Hall of the Palace of Adalat (Justice) of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the foundation of the Institute of State and Law under the President of Turkmenistan. Representatives of diplomatic corps of foreign countries accredited in our country, international organizations, ambassadors of Turkmenistan, scie...

On December 20, 2017, at the 74th meeting of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the resolution "Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve the Sustainable Development goals" submitted by Turkmenistan was unanimously adopted. The co-authors of the resolution were 74 states. The resolution also reaffirmed the commitment to enhancing the role of sustainable transport and mobility in creating jobs, promoting mobility and improving the efficiency of log...

President Rouhani sent a message to the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow to congratulate the country's Day of Neutrality.   Dr Hassan Rouhani’s message is as follows: In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful Your Excellency Mr Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Honourable President of Turkmenistan, Accept my sincere congratulations on the celebration of Day of Neutrality of Turkmenistan. It is gratifying that December 12 has been adopted by th...

For rendering of the assistance to the victims of the earthquake in the western region of the Islamic Republic of Iran that caused numerous human victims and injuries as well as massive destructions, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, according to which the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry was assigned to donate the medicines to the Islamic Republic of Iran.