The capital’s Museum of Fine Arts is running an exhibition to mark Remembrance Day when the fallen heroes of all the wars and all those who lost their lives to the 1948 Ashgabat Earthquake are honored and remembered. 72 years have passed since the Ashgabat Earthquake, the tragic date in our country’s history. On the night of October 6, 1948, the capital and nearby settlements were plunged into hell in an instant. When most of typically one-story mud-brick buildings collapsed, young and old, s...

On the 7th of October, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov. In the context of fulfilling the agreements between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Russia, the heads of external policy agencies considered the issues of bilateral agenda.  The parties paid special attention to the collaboration in the international formats. In this regard, the Ministers ex...

On the 7th of October 2020, the online meeting with the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led by the Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ashgabat F.Turkmenoglu was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan. From the Turkmen side, the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as the Central Bank of Turkmenistan participated to the meeting. During the meeti...

On the 7th of October 2020, the presentation ceremony of the book of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Traditions of Turkmen Statehood” published in Chinese was held in the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.   The event was attended by the staff members of the MFA of Turkmenistan, heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the country, rectors of the instituti...

Exhibition dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of Ashgabat Earthquake has opened in the State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan. Thematic exhibition has been presented in several sections. The narration is opened with the story about pre-war Ashgabat. Administrative and residential buildings, beautiful alleys, ancient constructions, parking zones are on the pictures, which remained by miracle until our days. They are in sharp contrast with photo evidence of the tragedy… Unique...

The key direction of the state policy in medical care is promotion of preventive work of the health care system. Since immunological prophylaxis stands as a reliable tool to maintain epidemiological well-being in relation to vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. For many years, the epidemiological well-being in the country has been ensured due to the consistently high level of coverage with preventive vaccinations - over 95%. Over the past 25 years, the Government of Turkmenistan, repre...

On October 5, 2020, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Turkmenistan Najibullah Alikhil who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. The parties highly appraised the level of interstate dialogue based on the principles of good-neighborliness, mutual respect and openness. They reiterat...