The Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Gholam Abbas Arbab Khales became the interlocutor of the TASS correspondent – the Russian agency published the diplomat's statements about the promotion of Turkmen-Iranian cooperation in the fields of energy and transport.
On August 13, the matches of the 12th round of the major football league of Turkmenistan took place.
Turkmenistan's 3×3 basketball team has completed its performance at the II CIS Games. Toyli Bayriyev's team stopped a step away from the top three.
Two Turkmen athletes, Batyr Hojamukhammedov and Madina Aydogdyeva, became bronze medalists in sambo at the II Games of the CIS countries in Belarus.
According to a New York Post report, a man in the United States left his fellow travelers "dazed and shocked" as he boarded an American Airlines flight to fly his huge Great Dane from Los Angeles to New York. Twenty-seven-year-old Gabriel Bogner paid for a total of three seats on the flight for himself and his five-year-old dog, Darwin, to keep him comfortable during the trip.
The United Nations successfully completed the transfer of oil from the FSO Safer supertanker off the Red Sea coast in Yemen, averting the immediate threat of a major spill.
The orbital image shows the Cygnus cargo ship flying over the coast of Garabogazgol Bay in Turkmenistan as it approaches the International Space Station.
The Russian House in Ashgabat held a creative event dedicated to the International Day of the Caspian Sea and gathered dozens of young participants whose attention was focused on environmental protection and the ecology of the sea.
The Caspian Sea is a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, which is a very valuable resource that unites us. Baku attaches great importance to the interaction of our countries in the Caspian Sea, said Charge d'affaires of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Turkmenistan Nariman Orujaliyev, invited as a speaker to the international conference on the Caspian Sea, which was held on August 12 in Avaza.
Holding events in Turkmenistan on the occasion of the Caspian Sea Day with the participation of ambassadors and diplomats from the Caspian countries, international and regional organizations, and the expert community is not just a tribute to tradition. This is evidence of the great importance and attention that Turkmenistan pays to the issues of the Caspian Sea, which are among the priorities of its domestic and foreign policy today. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, speaking at the international conference on the Caspian Sea, held on August 12 in Avaza.
Among the many areas of cooperation in the Caspian Sea, a special place is occupied by the ecology of the sea, the preservation of its unique biodiversity, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, speaking at an international conference in honor of the Caspian Day, held on August 12 in Avaza.
Festive events dedicated to the Day of the Caspian Sea were held in the national tourist zone "Avaza". This holiday has been celebrated since 2007 and its date is associated with the entry into force on August 12, 2006 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention), which was signed 20 years ago, in November 2003.
The Turkmen diplomatic mission in Beijing hosted a meeting between Ambassador of Turkmenistan Parahat Durdyev and chief producer of the program "The Beauty of Shared Arts" of the CCTV channel of the state agency "CHINA MEDIA GROUP" Fan Tin and his team.
The II International Children's Cultural Forum ended in Moscow. From August 10 to August 12, the New Tretyakov Gallery hosted in its halls more than 2,000 children from Abkhazia, Belarus, South Ossetia, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Egypt and other countries, according to the website of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan.
An unusual story happened in Bolivia - an 8-year-old boy, inspired by the image of the superhero Spider-Man, who can jump between skyscrapers, allowed himself to be bitten by a black widow spider. Such a “contact” turned into dangerous consequences for the child and became a bitter lesson, the source writes.
