Thanks to the early prompt measures taken by the government to prevent the development of COVID-19 in Turkmenistan, there are no registered COVID-19 cases in the country currently, the UN Resident Coordinator, Elena Panova, stated in an exclusive interview with AMI Trend. Answering a question of Trend correspondent, she noted that the government of Turkmenistan, together with UN agencies, has developed the draft Country Preparedness and Response Plan on COVID-19 in Turkmenistan. The main o...

At the session of the Government on May 1, Vice-premier, Foreign Minister R. Meredov informed the Head of the State about measures for intensification of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the World Trade Organization. In this regard, it was noted that the World Trade organization is the only global structure, which carries out its activity in coordination of trade relations between the countries of the world, in setting of international standards and their implementation. At present time,...

46 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Materail Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, brokers from United Arab Emirates have bought carbamide (Turkensenagat Export – Import OJSC). Terry items and cotton yarn were subjects of bargain of business circles of Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, UAE, Russia and Turkey. Total amount of transactions has exceeded 2,375,000 US dollars. For local currency, businessmen from Arme...

Humanitarian cargo with food production made in our country has been delivered from Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. As is known, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution on sending of humanitarian aid on occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan from Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Head of administration and representatives of Faryab Province have received aid with gratitude from Turkmen people, which they expressed to President Gurbanguly...

On May 1, 2020, the online meeting with the Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organization Dr. Hans Kluge was held the in the premises of the UN Representative Office in Ashgabat.     The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, as well as the Head of WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan participated to the session. During the constructive conversation, the parties exchanged views on the ne...

On May 1, 2020, a meeting took place in the MFA of Turkmenistan between the representatives of a number of ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and the representatives of UNICEF with the aim of discussing the Draft Country Programme Document (CPD) for cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNICEF for the period 2021 to 2025.    The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry, Instit...

On April 30, the telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, during which the issues related to the development of bilateral cooperation were discussed. At the same time it was underlined that the regular contacts between the external policy agencies of two countries serve as an important mechanism for interstate collaboration. The parties noted the significance...