On August 24, 2018, the Heads of States-founders International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) Summit with the participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held in national touristic zone «Avaza», Turkmenbashi. The following Heads of States in Central Asia took part in the summit: the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov, th...

Sportsmen from Turkmenistan took part in free style wrestling and swimming competitions in the first day of the XVIII Summer Asian Games, which opening ceremony was held at Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The best result in free style wrestling among our athletes was demonstrated by Batry Borjakov, who was in the step away from bronze medal in the weight category up to 65 kilograms. In the 1/8 final, our wrestler took over the opponent from Indonesia with clear advant...

On August 16, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a round table dedicated to the issues of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Turkmenistan. The heads of the key ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, UNDP, and representatives of the UNICEF and UNFPA in Turkmenistan attended the dialog. Speakers noted that maximally clear concept of the universal security, principles of unity and mutually adapted views targeted at solution of the crucial issues of...

August 12, 2018 became indeed historical date. After twenty years of talks, Caspian states adopted the Convention on Legal Status of Caspian Sea this day, which has already been named as the Caspian Constitution.  The document has been signed during the V Summit of the Heads of Caspian States in Aktau by the Presidents of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, the Azerbaijan Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran.  In addition of the Convention, important inte...

On august 12, 2018,  President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived in Aktau, the Republic of Kazakhstan on a working visit to participate in the V Summit of Heads of the Caspian Littoral States. In the air harbor of Aktau, where the State flags of the participating countries were raised on flagpoles, the President of Turkmenistan was received by officials. From the airport, the Turkmen leader’s cortege headed to the venue for the Summit – Friendship Palace, where President of...

Media forum in the first decade of august in Ashgabat dedicated to International rally Amul – Hazar 2018 was important step in preparation to large sport competitions, which will be held in September this year by the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. On occasion of the Independence Day, our country will bring together numerous guests as it was last year when we hosted 2017 Asian Games in the capital with great success. This time, the competitions will have larger scale in geogra...

The Karakums is like a patchwork quilt made of different types of deserts like sand, loess, muddy, stone, rubbly and salt. This is an endless plain stretching until the horizon bordered from the south by picturesque rocks and gorges of Kopetdag Mountains, which break off from the height to hilly foothills, after which the desert itself begins. You can see the lakes and parts of dry subtropics, lifeless stone, muddy and gypsum plains, huge territories of loose sands. Central and Eastern Karakums,...