President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held one-on-one talks with Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili on Thursday during his state visit to Georgia, the Turkmenistan newspaper reported. An official welcoming ceremony for Berdimuhamedov was held at the Orbeliani Presidential Palace before the two leaders met in a private format. During the meeting, the presidents exchanged views on the current state and future prospects of bilateral cooperation and discussed priority areas for...

National Leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov chaired a regular meeting of the Presidium of the Halk Maslahaty on Wednesday, where a decision was adopted to convene the next session of the Halk Maslahaty on September 23, 2026, in Ashgabat at the Maslahat Palace. The Presidium reviewed preparations for the Halk Maslahaty session, organizational arrangements for the 35th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence and other maj...

A delegation from Turkmenistan, led by Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy Perhat Yagshiyev and including Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Vepa Hajiyev, participated in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The delegation also included representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics....

The Turkmen delegation took part in the 33rd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which was held in The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands, from 4 to 8 July. Turkmen representatives also participated in a side event on “Parliamentary Dialogue of Central Asian Countries as a Mechanism for Strengthening Trust and Security in the OSCE Region and Beyond,” dedicated to strengthening interparliamentary dialogue and regional cooperation. During the event, Turkmenistan’s position was...

On July 7, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Vepa Hajiyev spoke at a special event, “The UN Decade of Sustainable Transport – Annual Review,” held at UN Headquarters in New York as part of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. The event, co-organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), brought together representatives of Member States, UN agencies and experts to discuss the role of sustainable transport i...

Turkmen freestyle wrestler Dovletgeldy Muradov won the gold medal at the Asian U20 Championship in Pattaya, Thailand. In the final of the under-92 kg weight category, he defeated Kazakhstani athlete Beybarys Yergali with a score of 10–2. Another representative of Turkmenistan, Alp Arslan Begenjov, won the silver medal in the tournament's under-86 kg weight category. In the final bout, he lost to the Iranian Abolfazl Shamsipour (2–9). Greco-Roman wrestler Aslan Agadadaev also won a silve...

Turkmen weightlifter Ogulshat Amanova won the gold medal at the Youth World Weightlifting Championships currently taking place in the Colombian city of Cali. In the under-53 kg weight category, Amanova lifted 86 kg in the snatch and 105 kg in the clean and jerk, achieving a total of 191 kg. In addition to the overall gold medal, the athlete also won two small gold medals—one each for the snatch and the clean and jerk. Another representative of Turkmenistan, Shabnam Kerimbayeva, also compet...