It took five days for the container train, which was sent overland for the first time from Turkmenistan to China via Kazakhstan, to arrive at its destination. The container train contains 42 40-foot containers loaded with gypsum. The total length of the route in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan is 4,150 km, of which 3,450 km is on the territory of Kazakhstan. The travel time through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan was five days. Forwarders of the first land container train through t...

On March 30, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov, during his working visit to China, held talks via videoconference with Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Han Zheng. The parties noted the high level of strategic partnership relations between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China, emphasizing that the main factor in their deepening and development is the open, friendly and constructive political dialogue established at the...

An OSCE-organized regional workshop on the Lapis Lazuli transit and transport corridor started in Ashgabat on 28 March 2022. Held in a hybrid format, the two-day workshop served as a platform to introduce the strategy on the implementation of the Lapis Lazuli transit and transport corridor. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat commissioned the development of the strategy and an action plan of its implementation in an effort to support the signatory countries of the Lapis Lazuli transit and transpor...

Last week, 52 transactions were registered at the bargains of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. For foreign currency, businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, China, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Afghanistan purchased base oil, low-sulfur fuel oil, calcined and total petroleum coke, polypropylene, technical kerosene produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Entrepreneurs from Turkey, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan purchased diesel fuel produced at the...

A meeting between the representatives of “Turkmendemiryollary” (Turkmen Railways) Agency and the heads and representatives of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea and Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) was held on 28 March 2022. A video message from the President of the Korea Railroad Corporation Na Hee-seung, as well as a speech by the Director in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea Choi Jungmin were viewed durin...

On March 28, 2022, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, timed to coincide with the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the resolution “Integration of mainstream bicycling into public transportation systems for sustainable development” and the election of Turkmenistan as a member of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the period 2022–2028 years. The briefing was attended by the leadership and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Domestic businessmen who produce and sell various types of furniture contribute to the implementation of such national priorities as the development of entrepreneurship, import substitution and increasing exports, and most importantly, the creation of comfortable conditions for the life of the population. One of the first-born private businesses in Turkmenistan is the Aibolek furniture factory, the grand opening of which, with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, took pla...