Outcomes of exchange week: Businessmen from UAE, Turkey and other countries of the region show interest in production of fuel and energy sector

30 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange last week.

For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have bought gasoline, technical kerosene and industrial oil produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Liquefied gas from Seydi Refinery was bought by businessmen from Afghanistan.

In addition, representatives of business circles from UAE have bought cotton yarn for foreign currenc...

PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN MADE AN ADDRESS AT THE GLOBAL ROUNDTABLE ON TRANSFORMING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

On the 25th of May 2021, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave a speech at the Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.  The event took place in a format of a videoconferencing and was chaired by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The event was attended by the heads of states and governments, ministers, heads of major international organizations, experts of academic circles and analytical centers, as well as the representa...

ONLINE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF FRONTIER PROVINCES OF TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN WAS HELD

On May 27, 2021, the meeting in the videoconference format was held between the governors of the frontier provinces of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

From Afghan side the governors of Gerat, Badghiz, Djouzdjan and Faryab provinces, from Turkmen side the governors of Mary and Lebap velayats made presentations at the meeting.

During the talk, the issues of the implementation of TAPI and TAP projects, railway line Turgundi-Great, plans on cooperation between the adminis...

COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION ON ENERGY ISSUES WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN

On May 28, 2021, the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of collaboration of Turkmenistan with the European Union.

Special emphasis at the talks was made on the Energy Charter Treaty modernization process. As known...

Online trainings under UNDP auspices focus on advanced technologies in trade

The joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan "Strengthening the Trade Capacity of Turkmenistan" delivered series of online trainings on the application of advanced information and marketing technologies.

Representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenis...

MEETING OF THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF TURKMEN-JAPANESE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION

On May 31, 2021, the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the Chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee on Economic Cooperation Serdar Berdimuhamedov with the Chairman of the Japanese-Turkmen Committee on Economic Cooperation, Managing Executive Officer of “ITOCHU Corporation” Hiroyuki Tsubai was held through videoconferencing.

During the meeting, the parties highly appraised the level of Turkmen-Japanese relations in political, trade-economic and cultu...

Turkmen textiles at SCRMET transactions

15 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

Businessmen from the UAE, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan purchased cotton yarn, one-colored and jacquard terry products to the total amount of more than USD 6.224 million.

Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Armenia, India, Pakistan concluded transitions in deposit manats for cotton yarn to the total amount of more than 9.565 million manat.

Turkmen b...

THE PRIORITIES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED

Today, on June 2, the online meeting between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hadjiyev and Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for Central Asia, the head of the representative offices of the IOM in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Zeynal Hajiyev.

During the constructive talk the parties once again confirmed their interest in further expansion of cooperation on priority directions.

The issues of strengtheni...

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN MET WITH THE NEWLY APPOINTED HEAD OF THE OSCE CENTER IN ASHGABAT

On June 2, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor.

Expressing gratitude for the kind wishes on his appointment to the position of the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor confirmed his readiness to fully support the advancement of cooperation of the OSCE with Turkmenistan in the framework of three key dimensions of OSCE’s work.    

The parties...

PARTICIPATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN IN THE ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM 2021

During the period of June 3-4, 2021, the governmental delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan S.G.Berdimuhamedov was on the working visit to Saint Petersburg of the Russian Federation.

The main goal of the visit was to take part in the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. This representative event of world scale has brought together the members of governments from tens of countri...