President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with participation of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers who is in charge of agricultural complex and hyakims of velayats and Ashgabat. Current issues of social and economic development of the capital and regions including in urban construction sphere, timely completion of seasonal agricultural works as well as preparation to coming holidays have been reviewed at the session. First, the Head of the State...

In accordance with the Decree of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva (Swiss Confederation, Geneva), Haljanov Atageldy Baijanovich is appointed as the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) (the Republic of Kenya), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) (Geneva). http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/_en...

The Academy of Arts is currently exhibiting in its gallery the works submitted for a competition for the best depiction of Akhalteke horses. The art contest is held every year to mark National Turkmen Horse Day. 150 teachers and students of the Academy have presented 200-plus works representing various media, such as painting, graphics, ceramics, sculpture, carpet making, and jewelry design. The competition’s underlying concept is to trace the role of Akhalteke horses in the Turkmen nation’s...

46 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, brokers from United kingdom and Afghanistan have bought gasoline produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex while representatives of business circles from United Arab Emirates have procured carbamide. Total amount of transactions was 25,325,000 US dollars. For local market, Turkmen businessmen have bought polypropylene and unconditional polypro...

On April 10, 2020, a meeting in the video conference format with the Head of the International Monetary Fund Mission to Turkmenistan Natalia Tamirisa was held in the UN Building in Ashgabat.     The Turkmen side was led by the Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan.  The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Central Bank also took part in the session.   During the meeting, the parties discussed the issues of economic nature pertaining to...

On April 10, 2020, the 78th meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Management Commission (ICWC) of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea was held in Ashgabat with the participation of representatives of water departments of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. A delegation led by the Chairman of the State Committee for Water Resources of Turkmenistan took part in the meeting from the Turkmen side. During the meetin...

At the request of President of the Azerbaijan Republic, Ilham Aliyev, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated in the Summit of the Turkic Council held in a format of videoconference. The summit agenda focused on the efforts of the Turkic Council member-states to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking during the summit, the President of Turkmenistan expressed gratitude to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev for the initiative to organize the meeting. The Tur...