Today, on the 16th of June, the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian, who has arrived to Ashgabat the day before was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties positively characterized the cooperation between Turkmenistan and the European Union. The intensification of political and diplomatic collaboration, which strengthens t...

The economic society «Türkmen enjam» is expanding the production of polyethylene, polypropylene water supply and corrugated sewer pipes with a diameter of 110 to 630 millimeters, which are chemically resistant and can withstand high pressure for a long time. Since the beginning of the year, about 200 tons of products have been produced from raw materials purchased from local producers at the polymer plant in Kiyanly. Three extruder lines KME 105/36 - for pipes of large and small diameters, as...

Today, on June 16, a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Hadi Soleimanpour has been held in an online format. During the course of the meeting the important issues of bilateral interaction in the direction of intensifying the work of the ECO and coordination of activities with the other states-members of the Organization for proper implementation of the programs and plans developed...

The UN has published a new report on universal access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy, as set out in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7). This is reported by the UN news site. The report notes significant but non-unique progress towards SDG 7 and the negative impact of the pandemic on its scale. New study titled Tracking SDG 7: Energy Progress Report published by the International Energy Agency (IAE). , The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Depart...

On the 16th of June 2021, the 14th meeting of the officials in the framework of the “Central Asia + Japan” Dialogue was held via videoconferencing.  The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev represented Turkmenistan at this event. The Deputy Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau of the MFA of Japan, Deputy Assistant Minister Tokuda Shuichi opened the session.  He noted the significance of cooperation between the countries in the given format encompassing a...

176 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businesspersons from the UK purchased ECO-93 gasoline (produced by «Turkmengas» State Concern). Moreover, businesspersons from Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan purchased terry products and cotton yarn to the total amount of more than USD 2.252 million. Businesspersons from the UAE and Turkey concluded transactions in deposit manats for cotton yarn to the total amount of more than 8...

On June 11, 2021, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba. During the conversation, the parties discussed the current state and possibilities of developing bilateral ties in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian fields. The parties exchanged views concerning further strengthening of Turkmen-Ukrainian cooperation in the area of trade and investments...