Last week, 89 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan purchased liquefied gas, base oil, gasoline and paraffin gas produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Representatives of business circles from the UAE and Afghanistan also purchased liquefied gas produced by the State Concerns «Türkmengaz» («Tur...

On February 16, 2022, an online meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev was held with the Director of Labor Standards Department of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Corinne Vargas. During the meeting the sides underlined the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the International Labor Organization. It was noted that Turkmenistan, being the member of the ILO, in its policy is committed to the creation of the conditions for decent work...

Turkmenistan produced 83 billion 772.9 million cubic meters of natural gas in 2021. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shahym Abdrahmanov at an extraordinary meeting of the upper house of the parliament, Halk Maslakhaty. The curator of the oil and gas complex noted that during the period under review, the plan for the production of petrol was fulfilled at the level of 105 percent, bitumen - 142.3 percent, polypropylene - 105.9 percent. During the reporting p...

On February 14, 2022, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Warmly, brotherly greeting each other, the Heads of the two states expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to exchange views in a personal conversation on the current level and prospects for the development of interstate dialogue, as well as discuss some aspects of international and regional politics of mut...

On February 12, 2022, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the historic decisions that were reached as part of an extraordinary meeting of the People's Council (Halk Maslakhaty) of Turkmenistan. Heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the country attended the briefing. During his speech, the Deputy Chairman of the...

The state pays special attention to the development of carpet weaving, an ancient national craft. The work carried out in this direction in the Balkan velayat is also noteworthy. In recent years, three carpet enterprises have been put into operation here - in the city of Esenguly for 300 jobs, in the city of Serdar for 500 jobs and in the city of Bereket for 120 jobs. One of the exemplary enterprises in this area is the carpet enterprise of the Türkmenhaly association in the city of Serdar. T...

Today, on February 12, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar, who arrived in the Turkmen capital on a working visit. During a constructive conversation, the parties considered a wide range of issues of mutually beneficial cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan in all areas of mutual interest. The regular nature of the meetings of the Heads of the two states, which contrib...