Turkmenistan

1. The Awaza-2023 International Dance and Folklore Festival has started on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Among its participants are teams representing Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, India and Uzbekistan. In the coming days, the festival will continue with a number of bright creative events, the closing ceremony will be held on June 16.

2. Turkmenistan summed up the results of the competition of professional skills, which was held between students and specialists in the transport and communications industry. Under the terms of the competition, the participants demonstrated innovative projects in various industries, familiarized themselves with the achievements of Turkmenistan in the field of digitalization and telecommunications services. The winners of the competition were awarded certificates of honor and valuable prizes by the Agency “Turkmenaragatnashyk”.

3. Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev will take part in the events of the High-Level Counter-Terrorism Week, which will be held at the UN Headquarters in New York from June 19 to 20.

4. Ambassador of Turkmenistan Muhammetgeldi Ayazov held a meeting in Yerevan with the director of the Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology of Armenia John Karapetyan. The interlocutors noted active cooperation, numerous meetings of scientists from the two countries, participation in various international events, exchange of experience in the field of seismological research. At the end of the meeting, Ambassador Ayazov handed Karapetyan a letter from Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov with an invitation to take part in the opening ceremony of a new urban development project - the modern city of Arkadag.

5. In Ashgabat, in the UN building, a meeting was held with young people to familiarize themselves with global activities in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The meeting, aimed at highlighting the important role of the younger generation in the implementation of the SDGs, was organized by the United Nations Development Program in Turkmenistan jointly with the Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages. During the meeting with the youth, UNDP specialists discussed such topics as the role of the younger generation in combating the climate crisis, how to make cities more sustainable, reasonable consumption and waste management, the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea and international initiatives of Turkmenistan aimed at combating climate change.

World

6. The first “Kamaz” unmanned trucks will start transporting goods from Moscow to St. Petersburg. For the first time in the world, Russian carriers will begin to carry out cargo transportation by drones in cooperation with the “smart road” services.

7. The 58-story building in San Francisco, whose height is more than 195 meters, despite the efforts of specialists, continues to lean. Architects are forced to state that they cannot influence this process. A skyscraper with many expensive apartments and a trendy restaurant was commissioned in 2009. Already a couple of years after the start of operation, it was noticed that it shrinks. To date, the skyscraper has sunk more than 40 centimeters into the ground and tilted 73 centimeters from the vertical.

Sport

8. The second-round match of the championship of the Central Asian Football Association between the teams of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will be held today. In Turkmenistan, numerous football fans who have IPTV will be able to watch the meeting on the “Football” and “Varzish” channels live. The broadcast of the game will begin at 20:20 Ashgabat time. let us remind that the championship within the framework of the Central Asian Football Association takes place from June 10 to 20 in Tashkent and Bishkek. In the first round, the national team of Turkmenistan played a draw with Tajikistan.

9. Former “Liverpool” footballer and “Aston Villa” manager Steven Gerrard will continue to work for Saudi “Al Ittifaq”. Gerrard was fired from “Aston Villa” last October. Since then, he has been unemployed. “Al-Ittifaq” ended last season in seventh place in the standings of the Saudi Arabian championship.

10. Gaygysyz Toryaev won silver at the Grand Prix in weightlifting in Havana. The 19 years old athlete achieved this success in the weight category up to 81 kg. In total, Toryaev lifted 319 kg, losing first place to a weightlifter from Indonesia. The Havana Grand Prix is one of the qualifying tournaments for the Paris Olympics. At this tournament, the national team of Turkmenistan is represented by three athletes, including the silver medalist of the 2020 Olympics Polina Guryeva.