At the present time, the Turkmen delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev is in the city of Doha of the State of Qatar for participation in the international meeting on the advancement of peace talks between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the “Taliban” movement.   The participants of the meeting, among which the representatives of the United Nations, European Union, the Great Britain, Russia, Pakistan, China and Uzbekistan are emphasizing the...

The Karakum Desert is one of the largest deserts in Central Asia, occupying almost 3/4 of the territory of Turkmenistan. The total area of the desert is more than 350 thousand square meters. km. It exceeds the territory of states such as Italy or Great Britain. Scientists, taking into account the peculiarities of vegetation, geological structure and soils, divide the Karakum desert into Zaunguz, Central, and South-Eastern. Zaunguz Karakum was formed over a million years ago. This is the ol...

On the 12th of August 2021, a Scientific-practical Conference entitled “Cooperation in the area of protection of the marine environment of the Caspian Sea” was held in the Agricultural Complex of Turkmenistan. The Conference timed to the Day of the Caspian Sea was attended by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan, Director of the Caspian Sea Institute, as well as the leading specialists from profile ministries and departments of the country.  Besides, the head...

The Turkmen people have centuries-old history and culture. Archaism of some customs and customs demands more detailed illumination of its hidden pages. Eventually ancient customs of our ancestors extended and have left a trace in the history and culture of not only Turkmen, but also the people of neighbouring countries. One of such cultural elements is the Turkmen tamdyr. The tamdyr is an oven of special spherical shape, which for a long time has been used for preparation of various kinds of...

Today, on the 10th of August, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Dmitry Shlapachenko, who has arrived to Turkmenistan, was held. After warmly greetings to each other, the parties underlined the efficiency of collaboration of Turkmenistan with the United Nations and its specialized agencies which touches practically all areas of life. The head of the MFA of Turkmenistan reiterated the as...

Aykhan Khadzhiev was born in 1924 in the picturesque village of Bagir. He hardly remembered his father, who passed away early, but his uncle, who was engaged in teaching and translations from the Turkmen language into Russian, and his mother, who was a skilled embroiderer, paid attention to the boy's passion for drawing in childhood and developed his talent in every possible way. ... The young lover of painting and his brother entered the boarding school at the Art College, but in different d...

On the 10th of August 2021, a meeting took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in Turkmenistan Natia Natsvlishvili, who is completing her mission in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties noted with consent the constructiveness of partnership of the Government of Turkmenistan with the UN Development Programme that has started back in 1995. Analyzing the joint achievements in the past years, as well as vi...