Sixth session of the Mejlis of the sixth convocation where number of new laws and regulatory and legal act has been adopted took place. Heads of some ministries and departments, representatives of mass media were invited to participate in the session. Draft Laws on Trademarks and Appellation of Origin of Goods have been presented to deputies for review. The participants noted that large-scale programmes of modernization and diversification of national economy, rapid industrialization of the r...

9 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have bought high-density polyethylene produced by Kiyanly polymeric plant. In addition, for foreign currency, colourless glass, cotton yarn and fibre have been sold to Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Total amount of transaction exceeded 329,000 Us dollars. For nati...

On the 7th of June 2019, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the framework of the preparations to the presentation of the National Voluntary Review on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country.  The key leading representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, as well as the representatives of UN agencies took part in the meeting.  During the meeting, the preliminary presentation of the...

On the 7th of June 2019, a seminar on the Regional project “Ecosystem-based land use and preservation of ecosystems along the lower sections of Amu Darya River” was held in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat city.  The coordinator of this project that is implemented in partnership with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) is the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan.     The representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection, M...

In accordance with the Cooperation Programme between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Armenia for 2018-2019, during the period of June 6-7, 2019, the first Turkmen-Armenian consultations on consular issues on the level of the heads of the consular services of the external policy agencies were held in the city of Yerevan.   During the consultations, the parties thoroughly discussed a number of consular issues presenting mutual interest.  According to the ag...

On 5-6 June 2019 the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a seminar on the topic “Funding models for television in the 21st century.” The seminar was delivered by international experts from the United Kingdom and Ukraine who presented fundamental principles of public service broadcasting and traditional funding models for state, commercial and public service television. Representatives of Turkmenistan’s State Committee for TV, Radiobroadcasting and Cinematography, the Mejlis (the parliament), th...

Representative tournament of the World Mix Fight Cup (this sport is also referred to as the MMA from English Mixed martial arts) was held in Belgorod – Dnestrovsky (Ukraine) on May 28 - June 6.  The competitions have brought together 550 sportsmen from 15 countries. Turkmenistan was represented by three wrestlers, each of them has managed to perform deservingly, having won 10 medals, 8 gold and 2 silver.  Master of Sports Shokhrat Orazgeldiyev, who works of the Ministry of Interior, became...