24 января таджикским информационным агентством «Авеста» было распространено сообщение заместителя начальника ГУП «Таджикская железная дорога» Усмона Каландарова, в соответствии с которым таджикская сторона обсуждает вопрос об открытии железнодорожного сообщения через Узбекистан в Россию в обход Туркменистана. В связи с этим Министерство иностранных дел Туркменистана выражает крайнее непонимание туркменской стороны подобного рода заявлениями официальных лиц Таджикистана. Основываясь на трад...

Introduction In September 2017 Ashgabat will host the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games; attracting 5,500 athletes from the 62 National Olympic Committees of Asia and Oceania to participate across 21 sports. This is a historic moment for the country, as Ashgabat 2017 will be the first major multi-sport event to be hosted in Turkmenistan. The vision after these games will be for the city of Ashgabat and the wider country to host future major sporting events at an international level....

On January 18, 2017 at the Olympic village in Ashgabat the press conference was organized dedicated to the V Asian Games indoors and martial arts, to be held from 17 to 27 September 2017 at the capital of Turkmenistan. The press conference was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Sport, the Executive Committee for the preparation of V Asian Games and the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan. The press conference was attend...

In connection with the posted content on the official website of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), the following is noted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Company’s message has tendentious and biased nature, is considered by us as an attempt to mislead all of us, regarding to the debt repayment obligations of the Company to the Turkmen side. In particular, the statements about the alleged violations of the contract from  State Concern «Turkmengaz», related to the...

In the last days contradictory information started to circulate in the mass media of Iran and other states concerning Turkmen-Iranian relations in the gas sphere.  Some of them allegedly state about “unexpected and inconsistent with bilateral agreement” termination of natural Turkmen gas supplies to Iran as of January 1st 2017.  On the contrary, in other publications it is noted that Iran has signed a five year contract with Turkmenistan on the supply of Turkmen gas. In this regard, the Minis...

On February 12, 2017 there will be voting on the election of Turkmenistan’ President in the Embassy of Turkmenistan (Astana, Otyrar Str., 8/1), the Consular Section of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Almaty (Furmanov Str., 137) and the Consulate of Turkmenistan in Aktau (Shygys-1 micro district, build. 285). The voting will be held from 07.00 till 19.00 according to the local time. All the citizens of Turkmenistan who reached 18 years on the day of voting are invited to participate in the v...

Development of international cooperation in the field of transport is a key element of the Global Development Agenda. An obvious need for a systematic and purpose oriented partnerships in the field of transport is reflected in a number of resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, in particular, the resolution 70/197 «Towards comprehensive cooperation among all modes of transport for promoting sustainable multimodal transit corridors» of 22 December 2015, which was co-sponsored...