Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov returned to Ashgabat, having completed his working visit to the UAE, fashion shows of Turkmen national clothing will be held in Ashgabat, Flydubai will train pilots for civil aviation of Turkmenistan and other news

Turkmenistan

1. The working visit of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the United Arab Emirates has ended.

As already reported, on January 4, the head of the Halk Maslahaty held negotiations with the President of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The parties discussed the further development of bilateral relations. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited the President of the UAE to visit Turkmenistan at a time convenient for him.

On the final day of the working visit, a meeting took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dragon Oil and the Commercial Director of Flydubai.

Thanks to the mutual interest of Turkmenistan and the UAE in strengthening the partnership, the agreements reached formed the basis of 5 documents signed following the visit.

2. Fashion shows of Turkmen national clothing will be held in Turkmenistan from January 7 to 9, timed to coincide with the inclusion of Ashgabat in the UNESCO network of creative cities. A series of events will be held at the Ashgabat Fashion House with the support of the Secretariat of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO and the city administration. Within the framework of the shows, there will be exhibitions of Turkmen national öýme scarves, national textiles “keteni” and Turkmen embroidery, carpets and rugs. Members of the creative association “Design Plus” will present their products.

3. The Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and Flydubai airlines intend to establish cooperation in the field of pilot training. This is evidenced by the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the parties. The agreement provides for the possibility of Flydubai providing training services for Turkmen pilots at its certified training center on Boeing 737 aircraft.

4. The Magtymguly Turkmen State University is accepting documents for admission to undergraduate scholarship programs at universities in China and Hungary. Turkmen boys and girls can choose for free education such areas as IT, medicine, pedagogy, agriculture, engineering and natural sciences. Preference for admission is given to candidates who have successfully passed the international SAT, TOEFL or IELTS exams. Acceptance of documents started on January 3 and will last until January 10.

World

5. On January 6, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas and Epiphany - one of the main church holidays of the year. It is dedicated to the birth of Jesus Christ and his baptism in the Jordan River. For Armenian Christians, these two events are inextricably linked, therefore they are celebrated on the same day. The celebrations begin the day before, January 5, with the “Chragaluyts” service, which means “lighting of the lamps”. After the liturgy, parishioners take the blessed candles home as a symbol of divine light.

6. A Nigerian artist has broken the world record for the longest drawing time. He stayed at the easel for 100 hours straight, which is 40 hours more than the previous record set in 2013. In order to break the record, the artist had to create recognizable images without resorting to abstraction. Over four days, Ahaghotu painted 106 paintings of celebrities, foods, plants, animals and other objects.

Sport

7. The US national ice hockey team won the World Youth Championship, beating Sweden 6:2 in the final match. This victory was the sixth for the US team in the history of the youth world championship. The Swedish team has 12 silver medals. The last time the Swedes became champions was in 2012.

8. The main prize of the 2023 Asian Cup was presented in Qatar. To see the cup in person and take a photo in front of it, fans line up in long lines. Let us remind that the 18th football tournament among national teams of the Asian Football Confederation starts on January 12.