On June 15, 2020, the first session of the Coordination Committee of the EU-Central Asia Working Group on Environment and Climate Change (WGECC) of the WECOOP project took place in the online format. The executives of the units of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment, representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection of Italy, EU Delegation to Kazakhstan, as well as the senior specialists on the issues of nature protection and climate change of the...

37 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, businessmen from United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan have bought jet fuel, naphtha, gasoline and liquefied gas produced at Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Various types of polyethylene (SC Türkmengaz) were subjects of trades of entrepreneurs from Russian Federation, UAE and Afghanistan. In addition, whole-coloured and jacquard terry products a...

On June 12, 2020, an online meeting was held at the Central Office of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan with Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, and M. Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan for Oil and Gas Issues. During the meeting, the parties discussed the possibility of preparing a joint review with the International Energy Agency on the prospects for the gas, oil and energy sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan. The...

On June 12, 2020, an online meeting between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian countries and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles was held.      During the meeting, the issues related to the consolidation of efforts aimed at resisting the spread of new type of coronavirus infection were discussed.  The parties also considered the current state of affairs and future of cooperation between the European Union...

On June 11, 2020, the online meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Assistant Administrator of UNDP and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS Ms.Mirjana Spoljaric Egger was held. During the meeting, the parties highly appraised the long-term and efficient cooperation of Turkmenistan with the United Nations and its specialized agencies.  The parties stated the success of the work of the Country Office of the UN Development Progr...

On the 10th of June 2020, the virtual meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the level of the Foreign Ministers was held.   The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member-states participated to the session. The Turkmen delegation was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, a number of issues pertaining to the maintenance of peace and stability in the region, taki...

On June 10, 2020, a regional meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was held to promote the restoration of the private sector in Central Asia. The ministerial-level online session was attended by senior government officials from seven countries participating in the OECD Central Asian Initiative, responsible for the development and implementation of anti-crisis measures, representatives of the private sector, international experts, representatives of the E...