On February 17-18, 2018, as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan and with the participation of sports teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations working in Ashgabat, sports competitions were held in the following sports:
1. Basketball 3х3 - in the sports complex of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan;
2.Running for 400 meters - on the treadmill of the football stadium of the Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly;
3. For checkers and chess - in a specialized chess school of Ashgabat.
The team of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus won the 1st place in the basketball tournament, the team of the Embassy of the United States of America took the second place and the team of the Embassy of the Russian Federation won the third place.
In the running for 400 meters, all prizes were won by the representatives of the Embassy of the United States of America.
In the chess tournament, the representatives of the Embassy of the Russian Federation won the 1 st and 2 nd places, the third secretary of the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan I. Jumanazarov was the third.
In the checkers competition, the first place was won by the third secretary of the Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan I.Jumanazarov, second place won the assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan A. Eyeberdiyev, the third place was taken by the representative of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
The winners were awarded with the gifts and diplomas of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan.
Participants of sports competitions noted the high level of organization and friendly atmosphere and expressed gratitude to the organizers of the tournaments.
International Sport Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
