On February 20, 2018 at the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland, within the framework of the 80th session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee (ITC), the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office organized the side-event entitled “Intermodal Connectivity and the role of historical transport routes: the Great Silk Road”, dedicated to the announcement of 2018 as a year of “Turkmenistan - Heart of the Great Silk Road” and implementation of the General Assembly Resolution A/RES...

The Mary footwear factory "Rovshen" fitted with high-tech equipment from leading foreign manufacturers put into production two dozen new models of men's footwear. All products are made of genuine leather.  High quality, constant updating of the assortment line in accordance with consumer requests and fashion trends allowed the products of Mary shoe manufacturers to win strong positions in the domestic market and attract foreign buyers. In particular, the companies of Iran and Afghanistan show...

On February 17, 2018, the international conference "Diplomacy of the Great Silk Road: the triumph of peace, friendship and cooperation" was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. It was dedicated to the Day of the Diplomatic Worker of Turkmenistan. Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, representatives of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenist...

Turkmenistan prepares to launch the construction of the TAPI gas pipeline on the territory of Afghanistan. The preparations for this important international event were discussed during the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.  The ceremonies of laying the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan electric power transmission lines, and the fiber-optic communication line along this route as well as the ceremony of putting the new railway – Serhetabat (Turkmenistan) – Turgundi (...

New impressive business district was erected in the northern part of the Turkmen capital along G. Kuliev street, on the both sides of which the representative business centres with modern infrastructure were built.  The 69-hectare building plot was allocated to the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan invested one billion manats into this turnkey project on the construc...

Turkmenistan continues to actively prepare for the Mejlis deputies’, the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshy members’ elections, upcoming on March 25. Nowadays the registration and nomination of candidates are proceeding.  All electoral districts hold meetings of committees of the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party, as well as groups of citizens, in the course of which the worthiest candidates are nominated for the National Parliament, local repre...

Beginning of March is almost one year, as the plant for the production of high-octane gasoline A-98 (Euro-5 standard) put into operation at the Seydi oil refinery. This brand fuel is characterized by a lower content of sulfur and polycyclic aromatic carbohydrates, which increases the time and quality of the car engines and significantly reduces harmful emissions into the atmosphere.  The American company Westport Trading Europe Limited put modern production into operation. The design capacity...