The State Museum of Turkmenistan hosted a round table: “The Great Silk Road: from Ancient to Modern Times”. The forum was co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan. It was attended by the representatives of the academic circles of our country and Russia; the representatives of the mass media and the academic staff of the local universities, as well as the students of the joint A.S. Pushkin Turkmen-Russian secondary school.

Members of our delegation who came to Tajikistan to participate in the Days of Turkmenistan Culture have visited Dusti settlement – the administration centre of Jaykhun region, Khatlon Province.

The programme of the Days of Turkmenistan Culture in the Republic of Tajikistan is very rich and allows making expanded impression of carefully preserved cultural traditions, which are passed from generation to generation, as well as of the trends of their development in modern age.

Special train with cultural delegation of our country went across the territory of Uzbekistan on its way to the Republic of Tajikistan. The meeting ceremony with the representatives of culture, public, Uzbek mass media as well as with Turkmen diaspora and art masters took place at the railway station of Termez city.

Cultural delegation of our country left the railway station of the capital for Tajikistan where the Days of Turkmenistan Culture would take place.

International Exhibition and Conference Tourism and Travel will be held in Avaza National tourist zone on October 9 – 10. Participation of foreign tourist companies as well as international travel agencies and companies specialized in hotel business, representatives of business circles, scientist and specialists expressing the interest in tourism and travelling is planned in the forum.

Cultural programme for the delegates of the forum has been organized under the 55th session of the Asian Pacific Broadcasting Union general Assembly.

Opening ceremony of regular XII International Printing Media Exhibition and Fair and Scientific Conference “Book: Way to Cooperation and Progress” organized by Turkmen State Publishing Service and Trade and Industrial Chamber of the country was held in the exhibition centre of the Trade and Industrial Chamber.

Turkmenistan vividly exemplifies a truly careful attitude to its heritage, including the world-famous Turkmen carpets, Ahalteke horses, antiquities, and unique artifacts.

The capital’s Congress Hall hosted the gala concert dedicated to the 27th anniversary of the country’s independence.