20 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan purchased aviation and lighting kerosene produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Businessmen from Afghanistan purchased liquefied gas (produced at the «Türkmengaz» State Concern) and hand-made carpets. The total amount of transactions amounted to more than 6.853 million US dollars. Turkmen businessmen purchas...

On December 8, 2021, Second Ministerial Conference of the “Italy – Central Asia” format was held in Tashkent. The event, which was held in a hybrid format, was attended by the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the countries of Central Asia, Italy, as well as the representatives of the European Union. The delegation of Turkmenistan was led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. During the Conference the heads of...

Increase of gross domestic product of Turkmenistan for 11 months 2021 made up 6,2 percent. It was reported at the extended meeting of government of the country on the results of the socio-economic development of Turkmenistan for January-November of the current year. It was stated at the meeting, that as compared with the same period of the past year, the volume of retail goods turnover has increased by 16, 5 per cent and indictors of foreign goods turnover by 18,6 per cent. Besides, at the...

On December 8, 2021, an annual meeting of the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries of Central Asia, organized by the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) was held in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia Gherman,  Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre,  Deputy Special Representative of the U...

On December 4, 2021, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov and the Head of the Country Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Turkmenistan Egor Zaitsev. At the beginning of the meeting, the new appointed Head of the WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan presented copies of his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and expressed his readiness to make every effort to further strengthen cooperation between Turkmenista...

Each type of green tea is a unique taste and a storehouse of beneficial properties. Studies show that this drink contains substances that protect the human body from cancer; in particular, this concerns skin, stomach, lung and breast cancers. In Asia, no meal is complete without a tea ceremony, for which green tea is traditionally chosen. According to doctors, this drink improves digestion and helps not to gain extra pounds, removing toxins from the body, and the beneficial antioxidants of gr...

On December 4, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan Narine Saakyan. At the beginning of the meeting Rashid Meredov congratulated Narine Saakyan with the appointment to this responsible post of the UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan and wished her successes in the new assignment. In the course of the constructive talk the sides underlined the effectiveness of the int...