Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the development of international transport cooperation, which is a priority direction of our foreign economic policy, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said at a meeting with Chairman of the Board of JSC "Russian Railways" Oleg Belozerov on Monday.
Freight rail traffic between China and Central Asia will be redirected through the alternative Altynkol-Khorgos border crossing. Most of the affected traffic will concern cargo between China and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and vice versa. The Alashankou border crossing is still open for trains from China to Europe and Russia, as well as trains to Kazakhstan.
Central Asia will develop an international document on glacier monitoring. This was stated by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar, reports today, March 27, IA "Kazinform".
"With the opening of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Budapest today, all member countries of the Organization of Turkic States now have diplomatic representations in Hungary," Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto said at the opening ceremony of the embassy, which was broadcast on Facebook.
Interest in parrots has sharply increased in Turkey after the devastating earthquakes in the southeast of the country, sales of birds have increased against the background of information that they feel tremors in advance, writes the newspaper Yeni Akit.
Investment prospects for Belgian companies in the field of information technology implementation, digitalization, implementation of green economy projects and development in the new Turkmen city of Arkadag became one of the main topics of the meeting between Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Kingdom of Belgium Sapar Palvanov and Governor of Antwerp Province Cathy Beres on Monday, March 27.
Foreign tourists who have violated the rule of law in Phuket will now receive yellow and red cards. At the same time, the yellow one allows the guest to continue his vacation in the city, but next time he will not be allowed to Thailand. However, those who committed an illegal act for the second time will become holders of a red card and will be immediately expelled from the country, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Thai newspaper The Phuket News.
The state enterprise "Turkmenulaggozegchilik" has announced discounts on registration of permits for carriers of transit cargo in multimodal transportation. We are talking not only about "permits" (permits), but also the international waybill of the SMR for vehicles transporting transit goods from the railway station or cargo yard of Turkmenistan to other countries.
China Southern Airlines resumes regular flights on the Urumqi-Ashgabat-Urumqi route from April 26. As the airline's office informed Orient, the flight between the Chinese city and the Turkmen capital will be operated once a week for the time being. In the future, the number of flights on this route may increase, the office of the Chinese air carrier noted.
Five medals — one gold and four bronze — were won by Turkmen athletes at the "Sambo Founders Cup" held in Moscow on March 24-27.
The surnames and names of the new leaders in key positions of the Arkadag city management system were announced during a joint meeting of the Turkmen government with the heads of legislative and representative bodies of the country.
Turkmen students who study at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia took part in festive events dedicated to Novruz Bayram.
On March 28, the 22nd annual Boao Asian Forum will open in Hainan Province in southern China, China Daily reports.
A water treatment plant with a capacity of 30 thousand cubic meters per day will appear in the Ak Bugday district of the Ahal region. The relevant tender was published by the official Turkmen press.
Applications for the 31st Lorenzo Natali Media Award have started, according to the page of the EU Delegation to Turkmenistan on Instagram.
