On January 16, 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with a delegation that arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit headed by the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization Mr. Kunio Mikuriya. At the beginning of the meeting, the Turkmen side congratulated the Secretary General on the upcoming International Customs Day, as well as on the re-election of Kunio Mikuriya to the post of Secretary General, which he has been occupying since January 2009....

During the period of 11-14 January 2019, the delegation of the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan has participated in the 31st international specialized exhibition of carpet and floor coverings «DOMOTEX-2019». Organized by the fair and exhibition company "Deutsche Messe АG» «DOMOTEX-2019» is a yearly world-famous and largest exhibition in Europe which has a high standing among international exhibitions of carpets, parquets and other floor coverings in the world since 1989.  The l...

On January 12-13, 2019, the first meeting of “Central Asia-India” Dialogue at the level of foreign ministers was held in Samarkand (the Republic of Uzbekistan). The heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, India, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan participated at the meeting. The opportunities for further strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation in trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other important spheres were discussed.      ...

On January 10-13 2019, the leading annual touristic exhibition "Ferien-Messe Wien" took place in Vienna. This event is one of the major forums organized in Austria reflecting the last achievements in world tourism. About 850 representatives of tourism sector from 80 countries of the world have participated to the exhibition. The representatives of the State Committee for Tourism of Turkmenistan have attended this event. The exhibition stand of Turkmenistan was attended by numerous guests,...

On January 11, 2019, a briefing was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the framework of prepartation to the second International Conference on the “Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases” to be held on April 9-10, 2019 in Ashgabat, based on the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The meeting was attended by the heads of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, as well as the...

On 8 January 2019, the International exhibition “Heimtextil 2019” has started in Frankfurt am Main of the Federal Republic of Germany. Over 3000 companies and organizations from 60 states across the world are participating to this international exhibition aimed at exposing the countries’ achievements in the textile industry. The delegation of the Ministry of the Textile Industry and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan has participated to this exhibition where the textile p...

The height of the main New Year tree of the country, which is placed at the square of Älem Cultural and Entertainment Centre, together with octagonal star, is 38 meters height. This is the tallest New Year tree in the CIS. New Year trees in the capitals of Azerbaijan and Armenia are one meter shorter. In Uzbekistan, New Year symbol is shorter by 3 meters, in Belarus by 8 meters, in Tajikistan by 10 meters, in Russia by 11 meters, in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Georgia by 13 meters. New Year tr...