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In accordance with the procedure for the organisation of vacations in the Avaza national tourism zone

1. After undergoing appropriate medical examination, citizens are required to obtain a health certificate for travel. At the time of a medical examination, COVID-19 should be tested within 72 hours upon departure and return. Citizens over 18 years of age, after receiving a voucher, should be vaccinated against COVID-19 10 days before departure in specially designated places (health houses). 2. In order to receive sanatorium treatment at the Avaza sanatorium, citizens of Turkmenistan are required to have a passport of a citizen of Turkmenistan that certifies the identity of a person, a sanatorium voucher issued by a health centre in the place of residence of a citizen, approved by the Ministry of Health and the Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, a COVID-19 vaccination certificate and a certificate of passing the test for COVID-19 upon departure and return right up to receiving special instructions.

8 May 2021

Health

Seasonal Illness Prevention Tips:

• Include vegetables and fruit, fish, dairy dishes and other food products rich in vitamins A, B1 and C in the diet.

8 May 2021

Health

Latest news

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov conducted a working meeting via the digital system with the participation of some Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, the hyakims of the velayats and the city of Ashgabat. The dynamics of solving tasks arising from the programmes of the socioeconomic development of the main city and regions of the country, the course of the ongoing agricultural work and preparations for significant dates were considered. ¤ ¤ ¤

1 May 2021

Politics

Seasonal Illness Prevention Tips:

• Always keep your hands clean by washing them thoroughly with soap and water before and after eating, after using the toilet, or returning home.

1 May 2021

Health

United Nations General Assembly

75th SessionAgenda item 64 Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace

24 April 2021

Cooperation

Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov (1932–2021)

On April 18, in the holy month of Ramadan, the father of the President of Turkmenistan, Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov passed away at the age of 89. With deep sorrow, the Turkmen people responded to this bitter news. The life of Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov that he devoted to his people and beloved Motherland is an unparalleled example of humanism and philanthropy. It is an exemplary school for the nation, especially for the younger generation.

24 April 2021

People

Ashgabat — city warmed by love

This year, when we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of sacred independence, our beloved Ashgabat, the white-marble capital of independent neutral Turkmenistan, is celebrating its 140th anniversary. This event is not just a celebration of the city, but a holiday for every city resident, every Turkmen citizen, glorifying the beauty and cosiness of our beloved capital city and also comfortable conditions for life and work. After all, Ashgabat is a city warmed by the love of thousands of people and created by their labour. The inspirer of this creation of thousands of hearts was the national leader, respected President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Due to the urban planning policy of the head of state, in a short period of time, beautiful residential buildings, architecturally original museums, theatres, mosques and administrative buildings have been constructed and are being constructed in Ashgabat.

24 April 2021

Independence

Seasonal Illness Prevention Tips:

Include vegetables and fruit, fish, dairy dishes and other food products rich in vitamins A, B1 and C in the diet.

24 April 2021

Health

Seasonal Illness Prevention Tips:

Open windows regularly to provide fresh air to offices and rooms of the flat. Keep your hands clean, observe a distance of 2 metres and wear masks correctly.

16 April 2021

Health

Under the Sign of the Year

In order to widely promote and to inform the international community of the peaceful and constructive policy of independent neutral Turkmenistan, based on the principles of positive neutrality and the topicality of the initiatives of the distinguished President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, aimed at strengthening peace, trust and mutually beneficial cooperation, the diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan abroad organise various events. Information on this is uploaded on the electronic resource of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan neutrality.gov.tm. The editorial board of NT has prepared a news digest about the events of the late March-early April. JAPAN

10 April 2021

Politics

The main priority of the Policy of the President of Turkmenistan

In Turkmenistan, World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year. This international date became a national celebration on the initiative of the President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and was introduced to the national holiday calendar. Traditionally, on the occasion of World Health Day, mass physical culture and sports events, including cultural and recreational activities, conferences, round-table meetings devoted to the issues of strengthening and promoting health are held in Turkmenistan. As it is known, on March 26, 2021 at a sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the highly respected President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov issued a Resolution on the approval of the Saglyk State Programme in the new edition and the Action Plan for its implementation for 2021–2025. The event became another confirmation of the firmness of the state policy, successfully pursued under the leadership of Arkadag, the main priority of which is the health of the people.

9 April 2021

Health

Strategic Partnerships for Peace and Wellbeing

On April 7, Turkmenistan celebrates World Health Day, established by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This international date became a nationwide celebration and entered the national holiday calendar at the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. On the eve of World Health Day and the national holiday, the UN Resident Coordinator a.i. Christine WEIGAND spoke about cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UN, primarily the World Health Organisation, in an interview with the Neutral Turkmenistan Newspaper. NT: “Dear Ms. Weigand, April 7 is World Health Day that is celebrated as a national holiday in Turkmenistan. How will this international day be celebrated this year?”

9 April 2021

Health

Pearly Capital of the East

The white-marble capital of Turkmenistan, transforming from year to year due to the implementation of the urban planning strategy of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, represents a unique model of a dynamically developing city, where beauty and comfort, cutting-edge trends in architecture and the best traditions of national art of building are harmoniously combined, advanced technologies and engineering and technical solutions are actively introduced. The development work and improvements in Ashgabat were conducted on an unprecedented scale when preparing for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The unique Olympic Complex, which has no analogues in the region, was built to host the Games. Its infrastructure comprises about 40 sports facilities arranged around the Olympic Stadium that can accommodate up to 45,000 spectators. The monumental sculpture of a horse, towering over the dome of the stadium, entered the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest horse image.

9 April 2021

Independence

Seasonal Illness Prevention Tips:

Include vegetables and fruit, fish, dairy dishes and other food products rich in vitamins A, B1 and C in the diet.

9 April 2021

Health

Following the Course of Strengthening principles of Democracy

The First Elections of Members of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Held In Turkmenistan, in full compliance with the Constitution, the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan and with the Decision of the Halk Maslahaty, the first elections of members of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh were held.

3 April 2021

People

Components of Successful Business

Due to the comprehensive state support, the potential of small and medium-sized businesses in the Dashoguz velayat and also throughout the country is noticeably growing. Successful entrepreneurs, showing initiative and fulfilling the important tasks of increasing production and improving the quality of domestic products, make a significant contribution to Turkmenistan’s economic growth. In recent years, entrepreneurial activity in the agricultural sector of the region, which is one of the crucial factors in saturating local consumer markets with vegetables and fruit, has expanded significantly. For example, farmers’ associations and private agricultural producers, including the members of the Dashoguz velayat branch of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, received a large number of plots from the special agricultural land fund for long-term use to grow various food crops. An increasing number of farmers prefer growing potatoes.

3 April 2021

Entrepreneurship

Ashgabat glorified by Arkadag

During his traditional visit to the Ahalteke equestrian complex under the President of Turkmenistan, our Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, in connection with the birth of the first foal from the legendary horse Akhan, in accordance with the national tradition, tied an alaja around its neck. The head of state named the foal Ashgabat, using the first letter of its father’s name, in honour of the glorious 140th anniversary of our beautiful capital city. This joyful event and a new poem by the leader of the nation My White City – Ashgabat, set to music by his grandson Kerim Berdimuhamedov, has become a new significant symbol of the year 2021.

3 April 2021

Independence

The Eternal Symbol of Purity and Wellbeing

In ancient times, the zoomorphic motif was a favourite one in the visual and applied arts of the peoples of Central Asia. At the early stages of human development, the depictions of animals were closely associated with the concept of a totem and an animal ancestor and can be found most often in ceramics. These include a fish, which is known from ancient times. Our ancestors genetically linked it to the water element. In ancient times, fish figurines were worn as an amulet (a pendant fish from the Amudarya hoard of the 5th-4th centuries BC and the depictions of fish in New Nisa of the 2nd century BC). Beads made of fish vertebra most likely played a ritual and magical role in human life. The depictions of certain animals, birds or fish, forming ornamental belts, is common to stamped ceramics of Merv of the 12th-early 13th centuries. The model of the world was perceived through some kind of zoological code. There was a clear system: birds are the personification of the “heavenly” life; animals are the personification of “earthly” life and the creatures of the underworld – snakes, frogs and fish as a link between life above and below the earth.

2 April 2021

Heritage

Legends about Mystical Gozli-Ata

Turkmen oral folklore is rich and diverse. Sagas, legends and stories about historical places and personalities of Turkmenistan are passed on from one generation to another, for example, legends and stories about Gozli-ata, which means saint grandfather. The mausoleum in the Balkan velayat in the west of Turkmenistan, where, according to legend, he was buried, is named in his honour. According to historical information that Turkmen scientists refer to, Gozli-ata was a descendant of the third “righteous” caliph. The outstanding Turkmen poet Magtymguly mentioned him, addressing another poet, “If you are a descendant of Gozli-ata, then we are from the Gerkez people.”

2 April 2021

Heritage

Even Old Age Can Be Joyful

Spring, the best time of the year, when everything around revives and the first spring flowers rejoice with its beauty, has come. As in previous years, in the year “Turkmenistan – the Home of Peace and Trust”, on the eve of the holiday, the hyakimlik and department of culture of the Babadayhan etrap and also public organisations congratulated on this event an amazing woman who is happy in the family and actively participates in public activities for the benefit of society. She is a resident of the etrap centre, Hurma Maviyeva. She is 92 years old. Perhaps it is a great miracle to live a long life in health and being at a very old age to do everything by oneself, not to be a burden to anyone and to be a living symbol of hard work, patience and faith. And not only for relatives and loved ones.

2 April 2021

Family