On November 5, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation that arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit led by the UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, a Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe, Ms. Afshan Khan. At the beginning of the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the results of joint work on the implementation of the action plan of the state program on cooperation between the Government o...

On November 1, 2018, the opening ceremony of the archaeological exhibition “Margiana - the Kingdom of the Bronze Age in Turkmenistan” took place in the Archeological Museum of Hamburg. The ceremony was attended by about 400 people, among whom were the heads of the department of culture of the city of Hamburg, heads of German museums, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Hamburg, representatives of German scientific circles, representatives of German public organizations and companies, a...

Winners of three sets of medals were defined on the fourth days of the World Weightlifting Championship. Men in the weight category up to 67 kg started contesting first. The contest in the snatch was between two Chinese weightlifters. The leadership was taken by Minhao Huang with 152 kg, however, his third attempt to break the world record was unsuccessful. Chen Lijung, who was two kg behind, has also did not managed the third attempt and took the second position. The bronze was taken Julio Rube...

By the decision of referee team, Turkmen weightlifter Yulduz Jumabayeva received back two silver medals in the weight category up to 45 kg and her two junior records 104 kg in snatch and 179 kg in total were recognized. Technical error of the referees, which happened yesterday during second attempt when she took successfully record weigh, has been admitted. According to the decision, cancelled results of the second attempt were counted, the award ceremony took place and Yulduz received deserved...

Turkmen sportsmen won four gold medals at the World Ahihara Karate Championship in Gyor (Hungary) on November 2 – 4. The tournament has gathered 200 fighters from 14 countries and was distinguished by friendly atmosphere among the participants despite high competition.  Seyran Potarov (weight category above 85 kg), employee of one of the departments of the Ministry of Automobile Transport of Turkmenistan and Farhat Jumayev (up to 85 kg), officer of law enforcement agency of the country took t...

On November 2, 2018, Astana – the capital of Kazakhstan hosted the Council meetings of the Heads of Governments of CIS. The delegation from Turkmenistan has participated in the meetings and the delegation was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. During restricted meetings, participants have exchanged views on cooperation in urgent economic issues of CIS countries. 15 agenda items on various fields have been discussed by the participants. It has been...

On November 1-2, 2018, the 7th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Afghan Commission for Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The Afghan side was co-chaired by Mohammad Homayoun Qayumi, acting Minister of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The agenda of the meeting, which was attended by the heads and leading experts of a number of ministries and departments of both states, included a wide range of issues relating to the priority areas for further partnership. Durin...