Sport relay of Ashgabat 2017 Games is picking up revolutions. September 18 was very successful for Turkmenistan National team that supplemented the collection of sport achievements of the country with 25 different medals including 13 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze. This achievement improved the leadership of our team in total medal count. By the outcomes of all days, national team has 62 medals including 29 gold, 21 silver and 12 bronze.  Today, as it was expected the success was on our side dur...

On September 18, 2017 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs there was a meeting on the adoption at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council of the Declaration on the Encouragement of valuable contribution of the Refugees Olympic teams to consolidation of peace and human rights. Turkmen diplomats, political scientists, representatives of public organizations, mass media, teachers and students of higher educational institutions took part in the meeting. The fact that Turkmenistan was the in...

On September 18, 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting with the Singapore delegation headed by the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Labor Resources of the Republic of Singapore Sam Tan. In the course of the meeting, noting the importance of the visits at the highest level in terms of developing friendly relations between the two countries, the Singaporean party proposed to expand cooperation in this direction. The sides also expressed interest in devel...

Declaration on Encouragement of valuable contribution of the Refugees Olympic teams to consolidation of peace and human rights initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was unanimously adopted in Geneva, where 36th session of the United Nations Council for Human Rights is held these days. I was lately joined by Brazil. 29 countries UN members including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, France, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan...

The official opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is well underway in the Turkmen capital. It is attended by President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, heads of state and government of some countries, foreign leading figures and other honorary guests. In the afternoon, the head of state arrived at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Among those who gathered to mark the event were Cabinet Deputies Chairman, Ashgabat city khyakim, senior officials of military and law enfo...

The first gaming day of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is completed. The official opening of the Games is to be held on September 17 however, the first sets of medals in jujitsu and national Turkmen wrestling have been contested and futsal matches have been started. By the results of the competitions, Turkmenistan national team leads in total medal count with 37 medals where 16 gold, 14 silver and 7 bronze medals. The first gold to the collection of national team was brought by jujitsu...

The Ashgabat -2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are set to get underway on 16 September with two early medal events (Traditional Wrestling and Jiu-jitsu), followed by the Opening Ceremony on 17 September. As befitting a sporting event of this size taking place on the most populous continent in the world, Ashgabat -2017 boasts some truly impressive numbers in the “facts and figures” department, with a massive cast of characters, incredible feats of engineering and infrastructure, in...