The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea)....

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the outcomes of social and economic development of the country for eleven months of 2017. Opening the session, the Head of the State reported on the decision to adopt the bill on granting of Turkmenistan to 1690 people on occasion of International Neutrality Day. After, the president of the country gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister R....

The delegation of Turkmenistan attended the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, which was held on December 7-8 in Vienna, Austria. Heads of the ministries of foreign affairs from 57 states of the OSCE region and delegations from 11 Partners for Co-operation took part in the Ministerial Council meeting, which was chaired by OSCE Chairman-in-Office S.Kurz, Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Security issues in OSCE participating States, pre...

On December 4-5, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov paid a working visit to Moscow, where attended the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian littoral states. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed issues of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, as well as documents regulating five-way cooperation in the Caspian in various fields...

On December 5, 2017, the ninth meeting of the Turkmen-Austrian joint commission was held in Ashgabat. The meeting was chaired from Turkmen part by the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, from Austrian part by Director General for foreign economic relations of the Federal Ministry of science, research and economy of the Republic of Austria Franz Wessig. At the beginning of the meeting, the sides summed up the results of the work of the Turkmen-Austrian joint commi...

On December 4, 2017, a Turkmen-Austrian business forum was held in the capital hotel "Archabil", for participation in which a representative delegation of the Austrian Republic arrived in Ashgabat. From the Austrian side the business forum was attended by representatives of several government agencies and organizations, and 24 companies specialized in the field of trade, health, agriculture, transport and logistics, energy, engineering, engineering technology, construction, tourism and others...

The last day of the World Kurash Championship in Istanbul (Turkey) brought another two medals to Turkmenistan National team. Traditionally, the medals in heavy and super heavy weight categories were contested in the end of the tournament. Our wrestlers entered the number of the prize-winners of the competitions. Student of National Institute of Sports and Tourism Dayanch Omirov was one step from the gold in the 81 kg weight category and won silver medal. Student of the same university H...