Oil- and gas-processing products are at SCRMET transactions

42 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange last week. 

Businessmen from the RF, the UK, the UAE, Turkey and Afghanistan purchased oil coke, base oil, gasoline, produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Businessmen from the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan purchased high-density polyethylene and industrial Sulphur, produced at the “Turkmengas” State Concern, and the UAE businessmen purchased Plastic packaging. 

Moreover, bus...

The Institute of Chemistry is the first of scientific and research institutes to start functioning on a self-supporting basis

The concepts and programmes of the state and development give an important role to innovative way of development of the economy, which is based on deep theoretical knowledge and wide practical experience, which are combined in effective technologies.

The Head of the State highlights that innovative economy is investment to unbreakable qualitative renovation of all economic processes and segments. Scientific and research institutes oriented to applied targets, industrial innovative clusters an...

TURKMEN-AFGHAN BUSINESS FORUM HELD IN ASHGABAT

On the 27th of February 2020, Turkmen-Afghan Business Forum was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

From the Turkmen side, the heads and representatives of a number of ministries and agencies of the country, including the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry participated to the Forum. Among the participants of the representative delegation of Afghanistan, there were specialists of trade-economic sector of the country and priva...

THE OUTCOMES OF THE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE “GREEN CENTRAL ASIA” AND A MEETING OF THE EU-CA WORKING GROUP ON ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE HELD IN THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN

On February 28, 2020, a seminar was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the outcomes of the high-level conference “Green Central Asia” and the 9th meeting of the EU-CA working group on the environment and climate change.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, the State Committee for Water Management and the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, as well as the Ambassadors of the European...

Training building of Mary Oil and Gas Secondary Professional School is opened

Opening ceremony of new training building of Mary Oil and Gas Secondary Professional School of Türkmengaz State Concern was held in administrative centre of Mary Velayat. The facility was built at the work order of the Concern with participation of investments from the Republic of Korea, namely from the Agency for International Cooperation of this country, by construction personnel of Çyzgy Business Entity.

Representatives of ministries and profile departments, honoured elders and students to...

SEMINAR ON COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STATE AUTHORITIES AND MASS MEDIA HAS STARTED IN ASHGABAT

On the 3rd of March 2020, a two-day seminar on the effective collaboration skills between the government authorities and mass media has started in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat.   

The heads and representatives of the OSCE, Parliament (Mejlis), as well as the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the representatives of the State News Agency of Turkmenistan (TDH), the State Committee for Television, Radio Broad...

Representatives of business community increase export of agricultural production

Around 6.5 thousand tons of tomato, 3.6 thousand tons of leguminous crops, 76 tons of vegetable and cucurbitaceous crops as well as more than 180 tons of confectionary production have been exported by members of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan in January – February.

According to the information of agricultural department of the UIET, the volume of export of ‘green production’ for two months of 2020 has exceeded the volume of supplies for entire 2017.

Due to in...

Winners of the “Women of the Year 2020” contest are announced

On March 2, the Center for Public Organizations of Turkmenistan hosted the ceremony of awarding the winners of the "Woman of the Year" contest, which is traditionally held by the Union of Women of Turkmenistan on the eve of the holiday - March 8.

The contest is aimed at raising the social status of women, revealing their personal potential and professional growth.

The festive event, held on the eve of the International Women's Day, brought together the representatives of all regions of Tur...

BRIEFING IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN

On the 5th of March 2020, the successive briefing in participation of the heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V.Hajiyev and the Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan N.Amannepesov gave speeches during the briefing on the measures carried out in Turkmenistan for preventing the importation to the cou...

A SIDE EVENT OF THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN ON THE THEME: “STRENGTHENING REGIONAL CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION IN CENTRAL ASIA TO PREVENT DRUG TRAFFICKING IN NEW TRADE AND TRANSIT CORRIDORS”

On March 5, 2020, on the sidelines of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Crime in Vienna, at the initiative of the delegation of Turkmenistan, a parallel event was held on the theme of “Strengthening regional cross-border cooperation in Central Asia to prevent drug trafficking in new trade and transit corridors ".

This event was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Organized Crime (UNODC) and the representation of the Republic of Uzbe...