TURKMEN-MOROCCAN POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE LEVEL OF EXTERNAL POLICY AGENCIES OF TURKMENISTAN AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO WERE HELD

On the 8th of July 2021, the Turkmen-Moroccan political consultations in the format of a videoconference were held.

The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, while the Moroccan side was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco Nasser Bourita.

During the consultations, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in political-diplomatic, t...

TURKMENISTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN DYNAMICALLY DEVELOP BILATERAL RELATIONS

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received a letter from the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov.

The letter expresses gratitude to the Turkmen side Turkmen side for organizing at a high level the recent official visit of the Head of Kyrgyzstan to Ashgabat.

The message notes: ‘’All the events held in the framework of the visit, especially bilateral meetings were held in the constructive and trustworthy atmosphere, thus becoming one of the historical stages...

PRESS RELEASE

In recent days, a number of Russian media outlets have been spreading unproven and plainly biased reports about the situation on the Turkmen-Afghan border.

In particular, RBC TV channel spread untrue information about the alleged deployment of Turkmenistan's military equipment and artillery to the border with Afghanistan, which means nothing but false information in the pursuit of cheap sensation.

In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan declares that thanks to the b...

Despite the problems in the global economy, Turkmenistan’s GDP growth rate exceeds 6%

Summing up the results of the first six months of 2021during the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasized that the GDP growth rate exceeded 6.1 percent.

The President of Turkmenistan noted that large-scale construction of industrial and social facilities had continued in the country. In particular, according to the Turkmen leader, about 2.500 large objects amounted to over 37 billion US dollars are currently being built in th...

OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE HEAD OF THE EXTERNAL POLICY AGENCY OF CHINA TO ASHGABAT

On the 12th of July 2021, the official two-day visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi to Turkmenistan has started.

In the framework of the visit, bilateral meetings with the leadership pf the country are planned, as well as the successive round of the political consultations between the MFA of two countries.

Thus, on the 12th of July, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of For...

Oil and gas products and textiles at SCRMET transactions

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

Businessmen from Turkey and Afghanistan among others purchased aviation kerosene produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries, liquefied gas (“Türkmengaz” State Concern) and polyethylene. UAE businessmen purchased gas-concrete blocks.

Moreover, businessmen from UAE and Kyrgyzstan purchased cotton yarn to the total amount of more than USD 3.898 million.

UAE businessmen c...

TURKMENISTAN AND THE PRC HAVE DISCUSSED THE PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC COOPERATION

On the 13th of July 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi was received by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

During the constructive talk, the high level of bilateral ties in political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres was confirmed.

The importance of cooperation of Turkmenistan and China in the framework of regional and international formats was underlined.  The bilateral issues were considered, as well as the...

TURKMENISTAN AND THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME HAS HELD AN ONLINE REVIEW MEETING ON DEVELOPING THE PRACTICAL MEASURES FOR FURTHER COOPERATION

On the 14th of July 2021 the videoconference review meeting was held on the topic of developing the practical measures for further cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the period of 2019-2020.

The meeting was attended by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Representative for Central Asia Ms.Ashita Mittal, the Head of the Program Office of UNODC in Kazakhstan Mr.Naveed Riaz, CARICC Coordinator, and coordinators of the...

INITIATIVES OF TURKMENISTAN VOICED DURING THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

During the period of 13-14 July 2021, the Mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) took place through videoconferencing.  Turkmenistan at the session was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev.

This representative Conference has united the heads of external policy agencies of tens of world countries standing for the advancement of the goals of the Non-Aligned Movement. At the opening of the session, the participants listened...

MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE STATES OF CENTRAL ASIA WAS HELD

On the 14th of July 2021, upon the initiative of the Turkmen side, the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the states of Central Asia took place in Tashkent. The heads of MFA of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, as well as the First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic have arrived to the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan to participate to the High Level International Conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities”.

During...