The Joint Communiqué adopted upon the outcomes of the 16th “Central Asia – EU” Ministerial Meeting had a special clause on the significance of the initiatives of Turkmenistan aimed at the enhancement of the role of neutrality policy as a vital and efficient tool for peace building and attainment of unanimous resolutions in the international relations.      In particular, the heads of the external policy agencies of the European Union and the countries of Central Asia welcomed the initiative o...

At the Ministerial Meeting of the European Union and Central Asian countries, the Turkmen side urged the participants to pay due attention to the climate change issues. In this context, the delegation of Turkmenistan noted that each country taking part in the “Central Asia – European Union” format should spend utmost efforts to fulfill the provisions of the Paris Agreement.      In this regard, the determination of Turkmenistan to declare at the Climate Ambition Summit to take place on the...

During the ministerial meeting in the "Central Asia - European Union" format, the delegation of Turkmenistan paid special attention to the need to jointly resolve crisis situations arising from political, economic, humanitarian, natural, technogenic and other reasons. It was emphasized that Turkmenistan intends to increase its participation in international programs, funds and related projects created to prevent crises, as well as minimize their negative consequences. In particular, the ef...

At the meeting of the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of the European Union and Central Asian countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov announced national priorities on the most important issues of the regional and global agendas of multilateral cooperation. In particular, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again reaffirmed the position previously stated by the President of Turkmenistan on considering security as a single, integral category, whi...

On the 17th of November 2020, the 16th “Central Asia -  European Union” Ministerial Meeting was held in participation of the European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.  The meeting was also attended by the European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen. During the session, the participants exchanged views on two vectors present on the agenda of the meeting. That is the cooper...

The role of private enterprises is becoming increasingly important in the economy of Dashoguz velayat. One of them is Ýüpek Ýoly Gurluşyk Economic Association, whose specialized divisions have been modernizing the power supply system in the region. This year alone, they have constructed new electric power lines along Aşyk Aýdyň Street in the urban-type settlement of Rukhubelent. 47 new concrete poles and 10-kV and 0.4-kV power transmission lines (with a total length of more than 5, 5 kilometers)...

253 transactions are registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from the United Arab Emirates, Panama and Afghanistan have purchased jet fuel, gasoline, hydro treated diesel fuel produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Businessmen from UAE have also bought carbamide (Turkmensenagat Export – Import OJSV) and polyethylene while representatives of business circles from Great Britain have purchased ECO-93 gasoline (S...