President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the State Security Council where outcomes of work of military and law enforcement agencies of the country for the first half of 2018 have been summed up. First, Secretary of the State Security Council, Minister of National Security Ya. Berdiyev made report on the implementation of the military doctrine. The Minister also reported on the activity of the...

On June 28, 2018, at the joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council of Turkmenistan, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reported on preparations for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), scheduled for July this year in New York. As is known, this month our country was elected to the membership of ECOSOC for the period of 2019-2021. By...

An Ahalteke horse Akhan, bred at the Ahalteke horse complex of the President of Turkmenistan, entered the Guinness Book of Records. The horse demonstrated the best result rearing the 10-metre distance and improved the previous result, recorded in 2016, twice! Beautiful Akhan, rearing the distance in 4.19 seconds once again demonstrated the superiority of the Ahalteke horse breed, its unsurpassed merits, fostered by Turkmen jockeys and horse breeders over many centuries. This record also vi...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held joint session of the Cabinet of Ministers and State Security Council of Turkmenistan where fulfilment of the Programme of the President and number of programmes on social and economic development of the country has been reviewed. Having announced the agenda, the President gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister R. Meredov who started his report from good news came from Genève. It was informed that the Joint Statement...

Turkmenistan marks the Day of Cultural and Art Personnel and the Day of Magtumguly Fragi Poetry. The Week of Culture 2018, which was finished by the gala concert under the dome of Nowruz ýaýlasynyň ak öýi in Ahal Valley, was timed to these events. The events of the day have started in the square at Magtumguly Fragi Monument located in historical centre of Ashgabat on one of the main road of the city – the avenue that has a name of the great classic. Flower laying ceremony to the monument of o...

The fifth day of the Culture Week was marked with a concert “Küşt Depip, Gazal Aýdyp” given by folk and dance ensembles from across the country in the Culture House in Anau, Akhal velayat. The main aim of the event is to popularize the traditional art of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. That same day, the State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan hosted a scientific conference and art exhibition, and the...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference working session with the participation of some Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of number of departments and hyakims of the velayats. The agenda included priority objectives of the country’s development. First, the President called Hyakim of Ahal Velayat Sh. Amangeldiyev who reported on the rates the grain harvest and on the preparation to another important agricultural campaign – the cotton harvesting. The Hy...