Turkmenistan Airlines has operated its first direct flight from Ashgabat to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The inaugural flight departed from Ashgabat International Airport on Monday. The route covers 5,842 kilometers (3,631 miles) and takes about seven hours and 30 minutes. The first flight carried 365 passengers. Flights on the Ashgabat–Seoul–Ashgabat route will operate once a week, on Mondays. According to airline representatives, the new route will make travel easier for student...

On July 14, 2025, in New York City, at the office of the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations, a signing ceremony of the Joint Communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Rwanda took place. Before the signing ceremony, a meeting was held between the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Aksoltan Atayeva and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the UN Martin K Ngoga, during which the prosp...

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a law on Friday during an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers establishing the jubilee medal “Türkmenistanyň Bitaraplygynyň 30 ýyllygyna”. Chairman of the Mejlis Dunyagozel Gulmanova reported on the work carried out on the instructions of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, on the development of the jubilee medal and a commemorative badge dedicated to the Internatio...

The National Tourist Zone Awaza will host the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), which will take place from August 4 to 8. The event is expected to welcome the heads of 32 states, as well as prime ministers, delegations from UN member states, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and his deputies. This was announced during a meeting of the State Organizing Committee on the LLDC3 preparations, held on Sunday under the chairmanship of the National Lea...

Today, July 11, the world celebrates World Horse Day for the first time – an event established by the decision of the UN General Assembly. For Turkmenistan, where the Akhal-Teke horse is the embodiment of beauty, grace and national spirit, this day also has a profound meaning. Our country, which has long been inextricably linked with noble racehorses, to which a national holiday celebrated at the state level in Turkmenistan is dedicated, joins this global celebration with a special feeling. T...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held telephone talks with the heads of the foreign ministries of Moldova, Burundi and Chad, during which they discussed issues of bilateral cooperation and preparations for the upcoming Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC 3). As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, in a conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova Mihai Popșoi, the parties discussed curre...

In connection with the biased reports disseminated by Ukrainian media about Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan declares the following. The Turkmen side expresses its protest regarding the biased and untrue information that was broadcast on July 8 of this year on the Ukrainian TV channel "FREEДОМ" about the alleged "closedness" of Turkmenistan in the context of access to the Internet. It is extremely incomprehensible: what right do representatives of the above-men...