Another round of consultations took place between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Natalia Tamirisa and the heads of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the State Committee on Statistics. The trends of economic development of Turkmenistan, the results of the first half of 2020, as well as the updated indicators for the execution of the 2020 State Budget and the draft budget for 2021 were analyzed during the videoconference meeting....

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed congratulations and best wishes to Mr. Yoshihide Suga on his election as Prime Minister of Japan. “I am confident that under your leadership, Japan will reach new heights in political and socio-economic development, strengthen its authority in the international arena”, emphasized the Turkmen leader in his address. Expressing satisfaction with the positive dynamics of the interstate dialogue, the President of Turkmenistan emphasi...

Modern energy system is an important factor of dynamic development of the economy of Turkmenistan. Big industrial facilities have been built and are under construction in the country according to the programs of industrialization, which dictates the necessity of modernization of profile infrastructure. Targeted work is carried out for these purposes according to approved Concept of development of energy industry in the country. Gas turbine power stations provided with advanced equipment from...

Turkmenistan’s delegation took part in the 87th session of the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was held in video conference format. Share of the views on current directions of economic cooperation and revision of number of documents took place during the session. In particular, the information about implementation of the CIS Strategy of Economic Development until 2020 and Draft Action Plan of the first stage (2021 – 2025) of similar strategy until 2030 as wel...

On September 16, 2020, International media forum dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan and the election of our country as Vice-Chairman of the upcoming 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. The session was held in the format of a video conference. The International media forum was organized by the Turkmen side together with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union...

Efficient methods of spreading information during COVID-19 pandemic were the main subject of the briefing held in video conference format with participation of personnel of national mass media and Representative Office of UNICEF in our country. Making a speech at the briefing, Head of Representative Office of the UN Children Fund in our country Christine Weigand has focused on important role of mass media in prevention of COVID-19 and health protection, especially health protection of childre...

On September 15, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov. At the beginning of the conversation, welcoming the head of the largest region of Russia, the Turkmen leader congratulated him on his convincing victory in the elections and re-election to the post of the head of Tatarstan, noting that this is evidence of high confidence and support for t...