On the 17th of May 2019, the first meeting of newly established Interdepartmental Working Group on the preparation of the Working Plan of Turkmenistan in the framework of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme for the period of 2020-2022, Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the period of 2020-2023 and Commission on Population and Development for the period of 2020-2024 was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  Turkmenistan has been elected to these structures on May 7,...

On May 16-17, 2019, the High-Level Conference “International and regional cooperation on countering terrorism and its financing through illicit drug trafficking and organized crime” was held in Dushanbe.  At the conference, Turkmenistan was represented by the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.    The Conference was organized by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan jointly with the UN, OSCE and other reputable international organizations.  Delegati...

On May 16-17, 2019, the next XII Astana Economic Forum (hereinafter - AEF) was held in Nur-Sultan city, which was attended by delegates from 74 countries of the world. Nobel prize winner in Economics and the chief economist at the World Bank Paul Romer, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia Herman Gref, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka...

“I congratulate you on the opening of the Exhibition of Achievements of Agricultural Sector and the International Scientific Conference "Achieved Milestones and Tasks in Seed Production in Turkmenistan". Undoubtedly, the forum will open up wide opportunities for acquainting with the achievements of our country in the agrarian sector and sharing experience with foreign countries”, said President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in his address. “We have launched a large-scale work aimed at ensuring th...

On the 16th of May 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam headed by the Deputy Head of International Department of the Central Committee of the Communistic Party of Vietnam Nguyen Tuan Phong, who has arrived to the Turkmen capital on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted the adherence to the development of multilateral relations between the two countries.  In this regard, the signifi...

On the 16th of May 2019, the opening ceremony of the Exhibition on agricultural achievements of Turkmenistan and International Scientific Conference “Achievements attained and further contemporary missions of the seed production industry of Turkmenistan” took place in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan.   In the beginning of the Exhibition, the congratulatory message of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed to the participants of the Exhibition and In...

Silkworm breeders in Akhal velayat were the first in the country to report on the successful fulfillment of their contractual obligations, having reared 156-plus tons of silkworm cocoons. The region’s khyakim informed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of this at the 15 May video-conference meeting. The President congratulated the farmers warmly on meeting their production targets, wishing them more success ahead. The head of state hoped that sericulturists in other regions would also comple...