on the 16th of June, the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian, who has arrived to Ashgabat the day before was held in the MFA of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties positively characterized the cooperation between Turkmenistan and the European Union. The intensification of political and diplomatic collaboration, which strengthens through...

Today, on June 16, a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Hadi Soleimanpour has been held in an online format. During the course of the meeting the important issues of bilateral interaction in the direction of intensifying the work of the ECO and coordination of activities with the other states-members of the Organization for proper implementation of the programs and plans developed...

On the 16th of June 2021, the 14th meeting of the officials in the framework of the “Central Asia + Japan” Dialogue was held via videoconferencing.  The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev represented Turkmenistan at this event. The Deputy Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau of the MFA of Japan, Deputy Assistant Minister Tokuda Shuichi opened the session.  He noted the significance of cooperation between the countries in the given format encompassing a...

10 megawatt solar and wind power station will be built in the area of «Altyn Asyr» Turkmen Lake in Central Karakum Desert. Minister of Energy Ch.Purchekov has reported about this project to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during working trip around Ashgabat. The project of 10 MW solar and wind power station was developed by scientific and production center of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan according to the Action Plan for implementation of the Concept of develo...

176 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businesspersons from the UK purchased ECO-93 gasoline (produced by «Turkmengas» State Concern). Moreover, businesspersons from Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan purchased terry products and cotton yarn to the total amount of more than USD 2.252 million. Businesspersons from the UAE and Turkey concluded transactions in deposit manats for cotton yarn to the total amount of more than 8...

For three decades of independence, Turkmenistan has successfully implemented the reformation of specialized part of national economy of big multi-national country into self-sustained national model of the economy, which is dynamically developed according to global trends. Today, Turkmenistan is among the first hundred states by the GDP volumes per capita, the indicator which shows the level of economic development of the country, outpacing the majority of its regional neighbors in the IMF and WB...

On June 11, 2021, a meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the Special Representative of Japan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Katsuhiko Takahashi was held via videoconferencing. During the meeting, the parties expressed the standpoints of Turkmenistan and Japan on Afghan issues. It was stated that the situation in Afghanistan continues to be in the centre of attention of the international community and is directly related to the security...