PRESS–RELEASE 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 conf...

PROGRAM STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN - INCUMBENT PRESIDENT GURBANGULY BERDYMUHAMEDOV I set a primary purpose - to realize a range of measures aimed at ensuring the prosperity of independent neutral Turkmenistan in the third millennium. Making every effort and carrying out great deeds for the sake of a happy and prosperous life of the native people and for sake of interests of our country is a high honor and merit. The successful implementation of this program...

POLICY STATEMENT OF THE CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN MERETDURDY ISGENDEROVICH GURBANOV, DEPUTY HYAKIM OF DASHOGUZ VELAYAT FOR AGRICULTURE I would like to express the gratitude to the initiative group of the citizens, which proposed my candidacy to the president of Turkmenistan and wish them great successes in their work.  Our people, resting upon its creational capabilities, achieved great successes in politicsm economy, science and culture for the short peri...

THE POLICY STATEMENT OF THE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL POST IN TURKMENISTAN, CHAIRMAN OF MARY WELAYAT COMMITTEE, AGRARIAN PARTY OF TURKMENISTAN, ORAZOV DURDYGYLYCH I express my gratitude to the members of the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan for nominating me as a candidate for presidency, and with all my heart I wish them success in their work. As a result of tireless creative labor of the Turkmen people, our Fatherland in a short time has achieved great successes in economic, healt...

Turkmenistan celebrates 250 Days to Go milestone with country wide sporting events Today Turkmenistan celebrated 250 days to go to the kick off the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games by organising sporting events all over country. In line with the principle of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ‘Healthy mind in a healthy body’ everyone was encouraged to take part in the many exercises classes, health walks, group cycles and other activities ran by the local municipalities across the...

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...