On 11 January 2018 political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Malaysia were held in Ashgabat. The delegation from Malaysia was led by Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman. During the meeting the issues of development of cooperation in the political, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian spheres, as well as in the spheres of energy, transport, education and tourism were discussed. Noting successful development of bilateral relations in all areas of m...

More than 1,500 tons of reprocessed fiber was produced at the Abadan cotton-spinning factory, which is part of Ashgabat textile complex structure. The manufactury for recycling of the spinning and weaving industries of the branch enterprises was put into operation more than a year ago. In the workshop intalled the equipment of the company "Balkan" (Turkey), capable of processing up to 5000 tons of textile waste product per year.  High-tech equipment allows to turn textile wastes into products...

“Building new roads and railways, seaports and bridges, our motherland revives the Great Silk Route in the third millennium” – President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his New Year speech to the Nation.  We are realizing this concept by not only building big transport infrastructure, routes and transit corridors. Our neutral independent state makes big contribution to the development and consolidation of political, trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian relations in international ar...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...

Как известно, важным аспектом энергетической стратегии Туркменистана является расширение географии экспортных маршрутов поставок туркменских энергоносителей на мировые рынки, в том числе, за счёт создания  многовариантной транспортной инфраструктуры. В этой сфере реализуются крупные инвестиционные проекты, среди которых особое место занимает строительство газопровода Туркменистан-Афганистан-Пакистан-Индия (ТАПИ). О том, как продвигается данный проект, имеющий важное международное значение, мы по...

On Thursday, December 28, 2017, the succeeding test container train was launched from Changsha city - the administrative centre of Hunan Province of China,- via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Tehran. The route of this container train runs through the main network of Chinese railways, in particular, the Khorgos border crossing, the Altyn koy-Bolashak (Kazakhstan) railway lines, the rail network of Turkmenistan-Serhetiak, Akayla and further to Tehran. The length of the Changsha-Tehran route...

Early in the morning, the aircraft of Turkmenistan Airlines OJSC Boeing 737 – 800 that made first flight Ashgabat – Frankfurt – Erevan Ashgabat landed in International Airport of Turkmen capital.  This international flight was added to the schedule of Türkmenhowaýollary Service before New Year and was a good celebration present for the travellers and businessmen.  The opportunities of opening of direct flight from Ashgabat to Erevan was mentioned during official visit of President Gurbangu...