In the modern period, independent neutral Turkmenistan under the leadership of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov actively develops cooperation with foreign partners in information exchange and interaction through mass media.

Together with the largest news agencies, authoritative editions, popular news channels a complex work to widely promote the national and foreign policy pursued by the sovereign Turkmen state, integration of our country into the international information space, distribution of news reports, survey and analytical materials in printed and electronic media including on the Internet portals is carried out.

One of the old partners of our country in the media sphere is the famous state news agency of the Russian Federation - TASS. Turkmenistan considers TASS as leading news agency with multimillion audience, which carries out an important mission for strengthening of political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian connections between countries and peoples.

Recently, Mikhail Gusman, First Deputy Director General of TASS News Agency made a visit to Ashgabat during the meeting with whom President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave an interview on the success achieved by Turkmenistan in 30 years of its state independence, the main positions of our country on the regional and international agenda and also answered the questions interested by numerous Russian and foreign readers.

The text of the interview will be fully published in the central printed media in the nearest future.