On October 9, 2018, political consultations were held between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Belarus at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V.Hadzhiev, and the Belarusian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister E.Shestakov. During the consultations, the sides discussed a wide range of issues related to the expansion and development of fruitful cooperation between...

On October 9, 2018, a meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov took place in Ashgabat with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation K.A. Chuychenko, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting, K.A. Chuychenko thanked the Turkmen side for the warm welcome and expressed gratitude for the ongoing Turkmen-Russian coope...

On October 8, 2018, a solemn ceremony for laying the foundations of modern villages in the territories of Kopetdag and Ovadendepe districts of Gokdepe province and Bakherden fine carpet producing enterprise building was organized. Province and district mayors, respected elders, the representatives of public organizations, media and local citizens attended these ceremonies. Upon the instruction of the Chairman of the Mejlis (parliament), Serdar Berdimuhamedov as the head of delegation comprise...

On October 8, 2018, a telephone conversation was held between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.   Taking the opportunity, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday, October 7, and wished him strong health, every success in his highly responsible work as the head of the state.      In the course of talks, the Presidents discussed important directions of interstate cooperation,...

Powerful earthquake with 7.3 magnitude by Richter scale that took the lives of tens of thousands of people, occurred in Ashgabat 70 years ago on October night 1948. According to the UNESCO, it was one of the most devastating catastrophes of XX century. People, who survived that earthquake, observe October 6 as the date of their second birthday. Head of Ashgabat Seismic Department V. T. Archangelsky recalled about that night: Heavy tremors with sharp up and down shocks have started. It was...

Group of representatives of the International Monetary Fund headed by Natalia Tamirisa visited Ashgabat on October 1 – 5, 2018 for the assessment of development of macroeconomic and financial situation as well as for discussion of the challenges and priorities in economic policy of Turkmenistan.  During regular visit, the representatives of the largest financial structure held number of meetings with top personnel of the Government administration, representatives of business circles, financia...

160 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from United Arab Emirates and Turkey procured technical sulphur (SC Turkmengaz) and the representatives of business circles of USA bought technical carbon (SC Turkmenhimiya). Polypropylene bags were also the subject of bargain of the businessmen from UAE. In addition, colourless sheet glass, Portland cement, licorice extract, cotto...