The international rating agency “Fitch Ratings” assigned the following ratings to Turkmenistan: short-term rating on the level “B” and the long-term rating on the level “B+ stable” which proves the stable development of the national economy of Turkmenistan.    The assignment to Turkmenistan of the following ratings will contribute to further intensification of external economic activity of the country and the expansion of its trade-economic ties with the other states. Press service of the...

Turkmenistan is the largest gas power, where population at large uses network or pipeline natural gas. The Law of Turkmenistan "On Hydrocarbon Gas and Gas Supply" defines the principles of the state policy in the gas sector and gas supply, one of which is to increase the gas infrastructure development on the territory of Turkmenistan, based on the national gasification programme. The main gas supply system in the country is the unified gas supply system for domestic consumers. As part of the...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan informs about the following. As is known, currently a number of countries have started to evacuate their citizens who are present in Afghanistan. In this respect, Turkmenistan fulfilling its international obligations, including those originating from the international humanitarian law, provides its airspace for the transportation of the abovementioned category of persons by the aircrafts of foreign states. Press service of the MFA of Turkm...

35 transactions were registered at the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from the UAE and the Republic of Turkey purchased calcined and petroleum coke produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Businessmen from Russia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan purchased dyed terry products, float sheet glass and cotton yarn to the total amount of more than 5.360 million US dollars. Businessmen from the UK, the UAE, Kazakhstan concluded transactions in dep...

Today, on the 18th of August 2021, the Consul General of Turkmenistan in Herat city had a meeting with the head of the representation of the Taliban movement in Herat province. During the consultations the parties discussed organizational and other matters, related to the activities of the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in the western zone of Afghanistan At the meeting held in a friendly atmosphere, it was underlined that the historical and cultural community of the peoples of Turkmenis...

“Soul of Turkmen” - this was the name of the first giant carpet in the history of Turkmen carpet weaving, woven in the period from 1941-1942. Since then, 80 years have passed. While looking for witnesses to the creation of the legendary work, we met the director Charyyar Seyidov, who shot the short film “Patterns of Your Carpet”. The plot of the documentary film is dedicated to the memorable meeting of talented craftswomen who showed the world a unique masterpiece of Turkmen carpet weaving. R...

Today, on August 18, the Consul General of Turkmenistan in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif met with the head of the representative office of the “Taliban” movement in the province of Balkh. During the meeting held in a positive and constructive manner, a number of concrete issues were discussed in relation to the implementation of duties of the Turkmen consular organization in the northern provinces of Afghanistan. At the same time, it was noted that the relations between the peoples of two cou...