Turkmenistan and Russia are working on the development of railway infrastructure, and Russian companies have great prospects for participating in the modernization of the Turkmen railway industry, Alexander Elizarov, trade representative of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan, said in an interview with a TASS correspondent on Friday.
Turkmenistan intends to join the Agreement on the carriage of containers as part of container trains in international traffic. This was announced by the Director General of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers Mammetkhan Chakiev at a government video conference held on Friday.
The first office of Sberbank in Russia according to the standards of Islamic banking was opened on December 1 in Tatarstan, in the city of Kazan. Here, the Muslims of the republic will be able to receive banking services that comply with Sharia norms and the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, - the news agency of the Republic of Tatarstan reports.
On the occasion of the 51st National Day of the UAE, which is celebrated in honor of the unity of the seven emirates, the embassy of this country in Ashgabat gave a solemn reception.
The UNESCO International Forum dedicated to the golden anniversary of the World Heritage Convention will be held in Kazan on December 4-9. 50 years ago – in 1972, one of the most effective and widely recognized international acts was developed and adopted under the auspices of UNESCO.
Eight years ago, on December 3, 2014, the opening of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran transnational railway took place. The event was held with the participation of the heads of state who implemented this unique project of global significance – President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.
The meeting of the Presidents of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Azerbaijan - Ilham Aliyev and Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take place on December 13-14 in Avaza, on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea.
On Saturday, December 3, a solemn meeting of the first freight train departing from Turkish Izmir, passing through the territory of Iran and Turkmenistan and arriving in Uzbekistan took place at the Tashkent railway station.
About 700 dead seals have been found on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan. They were found in the Kirovsky district of the city of Makhachkala, in the area from the Oil depot to the mouth of the Sulak River, the press service of the North Caucasian Territorial Administration of Rosrybolovstvo reported.
Colorful children's drawings and paintings, various models made of cardboard, plywood, wood, as well as essays telling about Turkmenistan are presented at the competition "The World: The Voice of Our Children". In total, more than 150 works of Turkmen schoolchildren in grades 4-11 have been collected.
On Thursday, December 1, 3 deals worth more than $11 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
The first quarterly dialogue between the Government of Turkmenistan, representatives of the private sector and civil society on adaptation to climate change was held in Ashgabat.
The implementation of joint projects in the field of youth policy was discussed during the visit of the Ambassador of the European Union to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso to the Balkan region.
On the eve of the International Day of Disabled People, which is celebrated on December 3, a round table dedicated to the socio-economic integration of people with disabilities in Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat.
The Red Crescent Society, the Society of the Blind and Deaf of Turkmenistan and the public organization "Yash Tebigatchi" ("Young Naturalist") will hold a festive event in Ashgabat on December 5 on the occasion of the International Day of Volunteers for Economic and Social Development.
