During the period of April 15-20, 2019, the external policy Agenda of Turkmenistan will be highly occupied.  One of the main events of the week will be the state visit of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in to Turkmenistan.  During the visit, the high-level meetings will be held, as well as the substantial package of documents related to the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian sphere will be signed.    Also this week, a number of events dedicated t...

Outcomes of the first quarter demonstrate that the economy of Turkmenistan is steadily developed. The growth rates of the GDP remains on 6.2 percent level from the beginning of the year. Comparing with the same period of the last year, volumes of export of local good have grown by 20.7 percent while import reduced almost by 27 percent. Volumes of production of various items have increased comparing with the same period of the last year. Positive dynamics of production of confectionary and...

On March 26 - April 9, the IMF mission, led by Natalia Tamirisa visited Ashgabat to assess the development of the macroeconomic and financial situation, discuss the priorities of the economic policy of Turkmenistan, as well as global economic challenges. In frames of the visit, the representatives of this largest structure held a number of meetings with senior officials of government administration bodies, the representatives of business circles, financial sector and diplomats, during which t...

On the 9th of April 2019, the WHO European High-Level Conference on Non-Communicable Diseases “Meeting non-communicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe” has started in the “Yildiz” hotel of Ashgabat city. The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Health Protection and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, as well as the responsible representatives working in the sphere of healthcare from aroun...

By the request of the Ministry of Industry and Communication, specialists of the State Corporation Türkmengeologiýa have performed scientific and research works and discovered the deposits of iron ore at Gyzylgaya V section of Chagyl field in Gyzylgaya settlement of Turkmenbashy etrap, Balkan Velayat. It was informed to the Head of the State by Vice-premier M. Chakiyev at the session of the Government on April 5.  It was mentioned that 70 - 75 million tons of iron ore, which contains 20 perce...

Upon instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, on April 4-6, 2019, a delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov was in Moscow to participate in the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States. During the visit to Moscow, the delegation of Turkmenistan held a number of official and work meetings. During the official meeting with V.Chuichenko, Dep...

On the 4th of April 2019, a briefing dedicated to signing of bilateral documents with specialized agencies of the UN was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, in participation of the representatives of national and foreign mass media and press attachés of the embassies and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan. The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Elena Panova, UNDP R...