Today, after its opening ceremony, Turkmenistan’s first golf club hosted the country’s first-ever golf exhibition tournament. Among the event participants is the legendary professional golfer, golf course designer and goodwill ambassador Jack Nicklaus. His company, Nicklaus Design, provided a full range of design and consulting services for the first golf course in Ashgabat. Andy North, a two-time winner of the US Open in 1978 and 1985, was a partner of Jack Nicklaus. A second duo consiste...

The opening of the first golf club in Turkmenistan is carried out in Ashgabat with participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Numerous participants and guests of the ceremony gathered on the ground in front of the golf complex. There are the Chairperson of the Mejlis, members of the Government, leaders of military and law enforcement agencies, ministries and departments of the country and mass media. Atmosphere of celebration events is supported by performances of famous art ban...

During opening ceremony of the golf course, the Head of the State made symbolical strike of the ball with the club signifying the beginning of new life of the complex. Area with natural hilly landscape was selected for Ashgabat golf course where the expressiveness and nobility were given by the landscape architects and ideal lustre by the designers who created indeed wonderful pacifying views with silver mirror-like surface of small ponds among emerald lawns decorated with exotic plants and w...

On October 15, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, by unanimous decision of the 201st meeting of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which was held within the framework of the 137th Assembly of the IPU, Turkmenistan was admitted to membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The Mejlis of Turkmenistan will represent Turkmenistan in the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The Inter-Parliamentary Union, headquartered in Geneva, is one of the oldest international organi...

Best practices in countering money laundering through offshore zones were shared at an OSCE-supported seminar for representatives from Turkmenistan’s financial, law enforcement and supervisory bodies, several commercial banks and other relevant agencies, which took place in Ashgabat from 11 to13 October 2017. The three-day event addressed the international legislative provisions, standards and tools available to identify companies registered in territories and jurisdiction with special taxati...

On October 13, 2017, at the Institute for International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan took part the Academic Forum held within the framework of the VII Ministerial Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation for Afghanistan (RECCA). Representatives of relevant ministries and departments, employees of the diplomatic service of Turkmenistan, as well as heads of higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Director of Int...

Representatives of ministries dealing with transport logistics, finance institutions, the State Customs and State Border Services, the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists, and other state bodies participated in an OSCE-organized seminar on facilitating the development of secure national transport and trade infrastructures that took place in Ashgabat on 10 and 11 October 2017. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day seminar to enhance the participants’ awareness about internati...