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...

On September 9, 2021, at the proposal of Turkmenistan at the 102nd plenary meeting of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly a resolution «On cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization» was unanimously adopted. As is known, within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the Economic Cooperation Organization, Ashgabat will host the 15th Summit of Heads of State of this organization on November 28 this year. Neutral Turkmenistan promotes imp...

On September 9-10, 2021, in Tashkent city the 23rd Central Asia Media Conference of the OSCE was held in hybrid format. The theme of the Conference was “Promoting Public Value of the Media in Central Asia”. About 70 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia representing the governmental structures, media, the civil society and scientific community discussed core values, the content and strategic problems of the public service broadcasting in t...

On the 8th of September 2021, a multilateral ministerial meeting on Afghanistan took place in the format of a videoconferencing. The subject matter of the session was the situation in this country. The Foreign Ministers of more than 20 countries as well as the high-level representatives of the UN, EC and NATO also attended the virtual talk initiated by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany. Based on the main subject of the tal...

On the 8th of September 2021, the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries-neighbors of Afghanistan was held in the videoconference format. The meeting was organized on the initiative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. These consultations were also attended by the heads of the foreign policy agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmeni...

On September 7, a two-day online training course on effective communication between state institutions, the general public and media during pandemic and health emergencies has started. International experts from Kyrgyzstan and Israel had shared their vision on organization active interaction of state institutions with media representatives. The participants of the training course and representatives of state media of Turkmenistan exchanged the views regarding actualization of the cooperati...

On the 5th of September 2021, a meeting of the Special Representatives of the region’s countries on Afghanistan took place in the format of a videoconference.  The subject matter of the session was the situation in the neighboring country.  The Turkmen delegation at the meeting was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev. The session was also attended by the Special Representatives on Afghanistan of Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...