On June 22, 2021, the Turkmen-Finnish consultations between the MFAs of the two countries were held in the format of a videoconference.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev.  The Finnish side was represented by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkmenistan (with the residence in Helsinki) Marja Elina Liivala and the representatives of the MFA of the Republic of Finland. During the meeting, the parties expr...

At present, because of the market reforms carried out in the country, the share of the non-state sector in the country's GDP, excluding the fuel and energy complex, has reached 70 percent. This is not only quantitative growth, characterized by an increase in the number of private economic entities and entrepreneurs, the growing contribution of the non-state sector of the economy to the State budget, but also a new quality, a wider scale of entrepreneurial activity. Today, Turkmen entrepreneurs m...

Today, on June 21, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met via videoconferencing with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov. The parties expressed content with the current level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. During the meeting, an analysis of current and prospective projects in the framework of the human dimension...

During a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex of Turkmenistan Shahym Abdrahmanov informed that the Chinese company CNPC Chuanging Drilling Engineering Company Ltd won an international tender for the provision of services for the construction of new wells at one of the world's largest gas wells – Galkynysh field. The project is designed for 30 months, in accordance with the agreement signed in 2007, payment for the company's ser...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has sent his hearty congratulations to Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi on being elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. «The multifaceted and long-standing relations between Turkmenistan and the neighboring Islamic Republic of Iran are characterized by a close affinity. We are convinced that these relations built on long-established bonds of friendship, fraternity and mutual respect will continue to develop for the benefit of our nations», t...

Ashgabat Silk Factory has started the processing of silkworm cocoons, which production was 2,100 tons of high-quality material. The works at the facilities are in its peak. Workers of the factory have important objectives to sort out the material, to send it to winding workshop, to rewind the thread and to process the wastes of natural silk. The main processes are performed by automated systems, which meet international standards. A cocoon is unwound on a cocoon-winding machine, and the re...

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent sincere congratulations to Mr. Antonio Guterres on his re-election as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In his letter, the Head of State wished success to the UN Secretary-General on behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as on his own behalf. “Turkmenistan attaches great importance to cooperation with the UN that currently embraces nearly all of the most important aspects of international lif...