Today, on September 17, 2021, the working visit of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Tajikistan started. Within the framework of the visit President of Turkmenistan will take part in the meeting of the Council of the Heads of States of the countries-members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization as Guest of Honor. Also during the visit it is planned to hold bilateral meetings of the President of Turkmenistan with the Heads of foreign states.

On the 14th of September, 2021, the 16th meeting of Joint Turkmen-Uzbek Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation had been held in the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan. From Turkmen side the meeting was attended by the heads of the ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers E.Orazgeldiyev. Uzbek delegation was headed by the Deputy Prime-minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Tra...

on September 14, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Heiko Maas. Minister on behalf of the Government of Germany expressed deep gratitude to Turkmenistan for cooperation in the issues of ensuring the flights of aircrafts with the aim of evacuating citizens from Afghanistan. At the same time, it was emphasized that the immediate granting of permissi...

On September 13, 2021, a high-level meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan was held in Geneva in a hybrid format. The Turkmen side was represented at the meeting by the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The high-level meeting was attended by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as well as representatives of reputable international organizations. Turkmenistan, following the traditions of good-neighborliness and friendship, systematically provides hu...

On September 13, 2021, a meeting was held at the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council of the States of the Gulf between the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the countries of Central Asia in Riyadh and the Assistant Secretary General of the Council on Political Affairs and Negotiation. During the meeting the diplomats of Central Asian countries discussed the issues of build-up of the potential of cooperation with the Council. The participants of the meeting also co...

Eight transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan purchased polypropylene and lighting kerosene produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Moreover, businessmen from Kyrgyzstan purchased float sheet glass for foreign currency. The total amount of transactions exceeded USD 4.322 million. Turkmen businessmen purchased portland cement to the total amount of 122.850 US doll...

The growth of the gross domestic product of Turkmenistan for eight months of 2021 amounted to 6.2 percent. The results of the country's socio-economic development for the reporting period were considered at a meeting of the government of Turkmenistan. It was noted at the meeting that compared to the same period last year, production in general increased by 5.5 percent, the volume of retail trade increased by 17 percent, and the volume of foreign trade turnover - by 9.6 percent. The revenue si...