LATEST NEWS
THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN HOLDS SESSION ON DEVELOPMENT OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
On February 2, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held video conference working session on development of fuel and energy complex of the country with participation of some Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers as well as heads of profile structures. Opening the session, during which the outcomes of work of oil and gas complex in the last year have been reviewed, the head of the state highlighted that oil and gas sector of national economy is steadily developed and new oil and gas d...
TURKMENISTAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT UNION INTEND TO EXPAND COOPERATION
On the 3rd of February 2021, a videoconference was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto. During the constructive conversation, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of collaboration aimed at the enhancement of connectivity between the countries through the development of transport-transit corridors, sophisticated logistics and digitalization. The success...
HIGH DEMAND FOR REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Last week, 93 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, businessmen from China, Great Britain, and Turkey bought green and calcinated petroleum coke, produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex. Deals in foreign currency also included clear sheet glass and cotton yarn. They were made by traders from the Russian Federation, the UAE, Great Britain, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. The sum total of the transactions exceeded...
THE ISSUES OF COOPERATION BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND THE UN ON THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS DISCUSSED
Today, on the 2nd of February 2021, a meeting took place in the MFA of Turkmenistan between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the heads and representatives of the UN and its agencies in the country and in the region. The session was held in the hybrid format that is some participants were present in the conference room, while other participants took part in the meeting through videoconferencing. In particular, around 30 country and regional heads and repr...
TURKMENISTAN AND THE SULTANATE OF OMAN ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COOPERATION
On February 1, 2021, the Inter-MFA consultations were held in the format of a videoconference between Turkmenistan and the Sultanate of Oman. The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, while the Omani side was led by the Foreign Minister of the Sultanate of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. During the talks, a wide range of issues pertaining to Turkmen-Omani relations in political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural...
SUCCESSIVE SESSION OF THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMISSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF TURKMENISTAN IN THE AREA OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW WAS HELD
On the 28th of January 2021, the meeting of the Inter-departmental Commission on the Implementation of International Obligations of Turkmenistan in the area of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan and other branch ministries and departments of the country, Ombudswoman of Turk...
RESIDENTIAL AREA SET TO DOUBLE IN SIZE
Demirbetonönümleri, a precast concrete enterprise, will start the second phase of the residential area development in Ashgabat’s Byuzmein etrap. This year, fifteen 32-unit apartment buildings will be constructed from prefabricated wall panels on Senagat Street. Panel house-building is a top trend in the national redevelopment program. Precast panel houses now under construction in Byuzmein etrap are technologically advanced buildings that meet all modern safety and energy-efficiency requireme...