On July 9, 2018 High-level Dialogue of the European Union-Central Asia and Afghanistan on issues of politics and security has been held in Ashgabat. The meeting was held at the level of deputy foreign ministers. The delegation of the European Union at the meeting was headed by Jean Christophe Belliard, Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the European External Relations Service. The agenda of the meeting included issues of countering international and regional threats to securit...

The gasoline production plant will produce 600 thousand tons of high-quality automotive fuel from natural gas a year, which is being built in Ovadendape of the Akhal region near the Ashgabat-Dashoguz highway, where most of the construction industry enterprises are concentrated and the regional East-West gas pipeline is laid. The commissioning of the enterprise is planned for December of this year.  The installation of the latest equipment from world manufacturers and technologies from the Dan...

On July 6, 2018, in the second half of the day, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has left Ashgabat for the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation on a working visit. After three hours, the aircraft of the President has landed in Kazan International Airport decorated by the State Flags of Turkmenistan, Russian Federation and Tatarstan. Turkmen leader has been warmly welcomed by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov who invited the President of Tu...

The third edition of ‘Finance and Economics’, a scientific practical journal, published by the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Turkmen, English and Russian languages, has just come out. The periodical features scientific, survey, informational and analytical articles, which focus on key issues concerning the development of Turkmenistan’s national economy. They are authored by distinguished Turkmen scientists and young specialists alike. The current edition opens with an article head...

The growth rate of the GDP by the outcomes of six months was observed on 6.2 percent level. The growth rate of production increased by 4.4 percent by the outcomes of six months of the year comparing with the same period of 2017. The growth rates of retail sale has grown by 19.7 percent comparing with the same period of the last year.  Average salary wages increased by 9 percent comparing with the same period of the last year. Salaries, pensions, state allowances and students scholarships have...

On July 5, 2018, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to discuss the National Plan of Action for the implementation of children's rights in Turkmenistan for the period 2018-2022 in the light of sustainable development goals and national priorities in ensuring the well-being of children. Representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Turkmenistan, headed by the head of the mission, Ms. Shahin Nilofer, as well as officials of relevant ministri...

On July 4-5, 2018, a delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan S.G. Berdimuhamedov was in the city of Geneva on a working visit. Within the framework of this visit, meetings were held with the UN Under-Secretary-General, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ms. Olga Algaerova, with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, with the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parl...