THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN GIVES START TO THE GREAT SILK ROAD SPORT COMPETITIONS On February 26, 2018 President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave start to mass sport competitions “The Great Silk Road” in Turkmenabat, the administration centre of Lebap Velayat. The members of the Government of the country as well as foreign guests took part in the events.  The events were opened by track -and-field relay race along the main street of Turkmenabat, Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenue....

THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN OPENS TURKMENABAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT On February 26, 2018, International Airport was opened with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Turkmenabat, the administration centre of Lebap Velayat. The Chairperson of the Mejlis, Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, leaders of military and law enforcement agencies, representatives of non-governmental organizations, foreign and national mass media, ambassadors of foreign states to Turk...

THE EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN IN GEORGIA HELD A RUNNING COMPETITION “THE SILK ROAD CUP” On February 24, 2018, in Tbilisi the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Georgia jointly with Tbilisi City Hall, Committee of Parliament of Georgia on sports and youth issues, the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Georgia, Georgian Corporate Sports Federation, Georgian Tourism Federation held the running competition “The Silk Road Cup”, attended by heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions, accredited in G...

TURKMENISTAN WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF THE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (UNECE) FOR THE PERIOD 2019 – 2020 On February 22, 2018, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, during the 80th session of the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Turkmenistan was elected a member of the Bureau of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee for the period 2019-2020. The Inland Tran...

Train Service Opens on New Turkmen-Afghan Railway: Serhetabat–Torghundi On February 23rd, 2018 commissioning of the Serhetabat–Torghundi railway line took place as one of events dedicated to the ground-breaking ceremony of the new section of the TAPI pipeline and laying of electric power transmission and fiber-optic communication network connection line along the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan route. The celebration was attended by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov...

A BRIEFING WAS HELD AT THE EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN IN SEOUL On February 23, 2018, a briefing was held in the premises of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul on the main aspects of Turkmenistan's foreign policy and prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, heads of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum "Central Asia-Korea", the Association of Friendship between the Republic of Ko...

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AFGHAN SECTION OF THE TAPI GAS PIPELINE STARTED On February 23, 2018, the construction of the Afghan section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline had been started in the Serkhetabad district of Mary province, and the laying of power transmission lines and fiber-optic communication lines on the route Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) was launched. Together with this, the Serhetabat-Turgundi railway was put into operation. President...