President Serdar Berdimuhamedov congratulated the diplomatic workers of Turkmenistan on their professional holiday. In an address on this occasion, the head of state noted that over the past years the administrative and personnel structure of domestic diplomacy has been strengthened, solid experience and knowledge has been accumulated, and methods and skills in this area have been improved.
A schoolgirl from the Mary region, candidate for FIDE master Byagul Ezizova, won the First League of the Turkmenistan Women's Chess Championship. The tournament was held for the first time outside the capital, namely at the 4th sports school in Dashoguz, from February 11 to 17.
The online edition of sb.by the publishing house "Belarus Today" published an article under the heading "I saved a patient after clinical death": a BSMU student from Turkmenistan works at the 4th hospital in Minsk." The hero of the note was Aman Alymov, a 6th‑year student of the main Belarusian medical university.
Specialists of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan improved their competencies in the field of risk management and green channels during a three-day workshop held in Ashgabat by the Border Management Program in Central Asia (BOMCA 10).
On Saturday, February 17, a brain-ring dedicated to Day of Diplomatic Workers took place within the walls of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Participants in the intellectual competition were students from the National Institute of World Languages named after Azadi, IIR of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country, International University of Humanities and Development, as well as TSU named after Magtymguly.
As part of the joint action plan concluded between the Turkmen Logistics Association and the Turkmenbashi Seaport, the Association, together with CILT Central Asia, with the support of USAID TCA, organizes online trainings for managers and employees of port departments and terminals with the participation of international experts.
Within the framework of the Iran Maritime Economy Forum, representatives of the Agency of Maritime and River Routes made a business visit to the special economic zone and the port of Amirabad in the Caspian Sea.
The newly opened premium airline BeOnd will offer passengers Apple Vision Pro headsets during the flight. This is reported on the airline's website.
Association "Turkmen Logistics" together with the International Coordinating Council for Trans-Eurasian Transportation (ICCTET) organized a webinar "New vectors of development of Eurasian multimodal transportation".
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Head of the Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Kaha Imnadze discussed the organization of joint events in 2024.
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan Batyr Rejepov met on Friday with Vice Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerbol Alikulov.
On Friday, February 16, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, received the first regular direct flight of Turkmenistan Airlines from Ashgabat. There were 279 passengers on board the plane.
On Friday, February 16, during trading on the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan, petrochemical products and Turkmen carpets were in great demand on the domestic and foreign markets.
Currently, Russia is one of the five main trading partners of Turkmenistan. The volume of mutual trade turnover in 2022 exceeded 1.6 billion US dollars. “In connection with the full discharge of contractual obligations for the supply of Turkmen natural gas to Russia, we expect an improvement in the results of foreign economic activity in 2023,” Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ivan Volynkin said at a briefing for representatives of Russian media accredited in Turkmenistan.
The Air Transport Agency - "Türkmenhowaýollary" - continues to hold the lead among the sectors of the transport and communications complex in increasing the volume of services provided for a number of months. Civil aviation is making up for lost time during the pandemic and is actively expanding its flight geography, demonstrating a trajectory of soaring performance after forced downtime. The other day, the first flight of Turkmen Airlines on the regular Ashgabat-Kuala Lumpur route was solemnly welcomed in the capital of Malaysia.
