“Let me extend my congratulation of Motherland Defender Day! This celebration is a sign of great trust, unlimited respect and care of military personnel and personnel of military and law enforcement agencies who protect sovereignty of Turkmenistan, provide integrity of borders and constitutional order, defensive capability, security, public order and fulfilment of national legislation”, - congratulation message of President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country Gurbanguly Berdimu...

On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the field of Securing Maritime Safety in the Caspian Sea began its work in Ashgabat. The meeting is attended by experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Institute of the Caspian Se...

71 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, brokers from Afghanistan, Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Russia and Switzerland have bought straight run gasoline, polypropylene, liquefied gas, hydro treated diesel fuel and jet fuel produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. In addition, colourless sheet glass and cotton yarn have been sold for foreign currency to the buyers from Irela...

The Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan and TAPP-500 Power Transmission Line FZE, a subsidiary enterprise of Çalik Holding A.Ş. (the Turkish Republic) signed the Agreement on cooperation in implementing the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan power transmission line project. This meeting was organized with the aim to develop a legal framework for a mutual partnership on the construction of a 220 kW power line. The issues related to the laying of a transnational energy highway directly through ou...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where important subjects of the state life and some draft documents have been reviewed. Coming over to the agenda, the Head of the State gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Myradov. The Vice-premier reported on measures for preparation to comprehensive population and housing census of Turkmenistan in 2022. Following approved plan, proper work is carried out in this...

On January 23, 2020, the ninth meeting of the Turkmen-German Joint Working Group took place in Ashgabat. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, while the German delegation was led by the Deputy Head of the External Policy Department of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany. During the negotiations, the issues of bilateral cooperation pertaining to various sectors of economy were discussed. The par...

On January 21, 2020, the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Hungarian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Budapest, Hungary. The commission was attended by the heads and representatives of leading ministries and departments, as well as representatives of business circles of the two states. The parties considered issues of bilateral cooperation, including the development of the digital economy, multilateral economic, cultural and humanitarian interaction. Issues of c...