On the 21st of January 2021, a meeting was held between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev via videoconferencing. During the meeting, the Presidents reiterated commitment to the development of friendly relations between the two countries and peoples based on the principles of mutual respect and trust, as well as the community of historical, cultural and spiritual values. The heads of state discussed the current stand...

Online meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund was held On January 20. The macroeconomic development of the country as well as development of individual industries of the national economy that have a positive impact on the dynamics of GDP growth were discussed during the meeting. As noted, despite the negative impact of the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), which has made adjustments to the development of the economies of all countries of the world, due to pre...

On the 19th of January 2021, an online meeting was held between the Turkmen delegation headed by the Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry N.Amannepesov and the Head of the Institute for Virology of the Essen University Hospital (Germany) A.Krawczyk.  The heads and specialists of the Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry, Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, “Turkmendermansenagat” Association, and the State Medical University named after M.Garriyev also participated to the meeting...

On the 16th of January 2021, a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interdepartmental group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan established to expand the capabilities of the Lapis Lazuli route through cooperation in the sector of transport and communication was held. The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan in charge of the transport and communication sector Bayramgeldi Ovezov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Abdulla oglu Must...

Last week, 158 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Great Britain, the UAE, Turkey, Switzerland, Malta, Afghanistan, among others, bought aviation kerosene, gasoline, hydrotreated diesel fuel, residual oil, and petroleum bitumen, produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex. Businessmen from the UAE, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan made deals for purchasing ECO 93 gasoline (Turkmengaz State Concern)...

On January 16, 2021, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held an Informational briefing in Ashgabat, dedicated to the commissioning of three infrastructure facilities - a power line in the direction of Kerki (Turkmenistan) - Sheberghan (Afghanistan), a 30-kilometer railway section between stations "Aqina-Andkhoy" and the International fiber-optic communication system and transit flows along the route Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan)...

The Karakum is the ancient name given to a great and vast region of sand desert, partly consisting of steppes. It is one of the largest deserts in Central Asia and in the world. Occupying about three-fourths of the area of Turkmenistan, it is situated between the Kopetdag Mountains, the Karabil and Badkhyz uplands in the south, the Khorezm Plain in the north, the Amudarya River valley in the east, and the Western Uzboy riverbed in the west. Its total area, over 350, 000 square kilometers, exceed...