On December 19, 2021, the 3rd meeting of the “India - Central Asia” Dialogue was held in the capital of India, New Delhi. In his address at the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov noted the need to further improve the functioning of the “India - Central Asia” Dialogue. In particular, a number of specific proposals were made aimed at creating a solid institutional basis for a new format of political interaction between the Central Asian countries and India. In...

The Turkmen national music in the traditional types and forms was created from ancient times by the bakhshi, singers and musicians who played dutar. The most popular dutar is used as the solo, ensemble and accompanying musical instrument. In hands of master bakhshi this unattractive, at first glance, two-stringed chipper tool in a form of pear, can transfer all range of human feelings and worries. The sounds of dutar for Turkmen people always sound as a melody of people’s soul, as the sound of t...

Today, on December 19, the delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov took part in the Third Ministerial Meeting of the India-Central Asia Dialogue held in New Delhi (India). The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of India, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan. During the meeting, the rol...

For 11 months of this year the gas workers of the «Lebapgazchykarysh» department instead of planned 8 billion 409 million 589 thousand cubic meters of gas managed to produce 11 billion 293,5 million cubic meters of «blue fuel». This is 3 billion 521.8 million cubic meters of gas more than in the same period last year, which is more than 145 percent. Along with Blue Fuel, there has been a significant increase in gas condensate production. Since the beginning of the year, 42,566 tons of this na...

Today, on December 18, on the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov left on a visit to the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. During the visit to Islamabad, the head of the Turkmen delegation, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of...

Today, the Tejen City Museum of History and Local Lore is one of the famous and frequently visited places among the inhabitants of our country. The museum was opened in 1990. Since the day of its opening, many old and interesting artifacts reflecting the culture and life of the inhabitants of this region, as well as nature, have been collected here. Basically, these artifacts are like a gift from the natives of different parts of Tejen, whose life and fate was associated with this unique, at...

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the UNESCO inscribed Turkmen national dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The given decision was unanimously taken in the course of the Sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Organization which is being held fully online from 13 to 18 December 2021. Pro...