MEETING ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITH EXPERTS FROM NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM

On June 2, 2020, the Ombudsman of Turkmenistan met with experts on human rights from the countries of the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions. The session, organized in the form of a video conference, was held in the framework of cooperation between UNDP and the Office of the Ombudsman of Turkmenistan.

The meeting was attended by Y. Gurbannazarova, Ombudsman of Turkmenistan, N. Natsvishvili, acting UNDP Resident Representative in our country, R. Komenda, OHCHR Regional Re...

PRESENTATION IN A VIDEOCONFERENCE FORMAT ON RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE COUNTRY'S PRINT MEDIA

On June 2, 2020, a two-day discussion in the format of a video conference on recommendations related to the transformation of the print media of Turkmenistan began its work at the Yildiz Hotel. The presentation was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and OSCE Center in Ashgabat as part of the project “Supporting the implementation of media reforms and improving media laws”.

The event is attended by leaders and representatives of the OSCE, representatives of several mi...

THE MEETING OF THE GROUP ON MODERNIZATION OF THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY TOOK PLACE

On June 2, 2020, a meeting on the modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty was held in a video conference format.

The multilateral negotiations were attended by delegations of the Energy Charter Secretariat, the European Union, Austria, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Georgia, Spain, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, and Japan. A representat...

EVENTS ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD CYCLE DAY HAVE BEEN HELD WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN

On June 3, 2020, in Ashgabat, on the occasion of World Cycle Day, the opening of the Bicycle monument and a mass bike ride took place with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

The ceremony was attended by members of the government, heads of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, heads of the ministries and departments of the country, representatives of national and foreign media, as well as...

PARTICIPATION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKMENISTAN IN THE ONLINE CONFERENCE TIMED TO THE WORLD OCEANS DAY

On June 4, 2020, the online Conference timed to the World Oceans Day entitled “The Blue Economy and COVID-19 Pandemic: New challenges, recovery measures and resilience” took place.  The Turkmen side was represented at this event by the Director of the Institute of the Caspian Sea M.Atajanov. 

The main organizer of the given Conference was the International Ocean Institute.  During the Conference, the participants were acquainted with the results of the research on the impacts of the new type...

BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PLAN OF TURKMENISTAN FOR ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE

On June 5, 2020, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the implementation of the Preparedness and Response Plan of Turkmenistan for Acute Infectious Disease, which was prepared at the national level in cooperation with international organizations.

The briefing was attended by heads and representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health and the Medical Industry, as well as relevant departments of Turkmenistan, heads of diplomatic missions and repre...

MEETING DEDICATED TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW AUTOMOBILE BRIDGE NEAR THE TURKMEN-IRANIAN BORDER

On the 8th of June 2020, the opening ceremony of the new automobile bridge through the Tejen River at the “Sarahs-Sarahs” checkpoint near the Turkmen-Iranian border was held. The ceremonial opening was accompanied by the performances of the art workers of Turkmenistan.

On the occasion of the momentous event, in the second half of the day, a meeting between the high-ranking representatives of Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran took place. The Turkmen side was headed by the Minister...

Import substitution: From composite rebar to hygiene

Turkmenistan, which entered the way of diversification of the economy, successfully implements government programmes of industrial development and production of wide range of import substitutive production.

Introduction of market mechanisms, activation of entrepreneurship initiative and generation of innovations are priority directions of the government policy. The role of private sector is growing the structural modernization of the economy and expansion of import substitutive production due...

Production of fuel and energy complex and textile are on the top of exchange trade

76 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange last week.

For foreign currency, representatives of business circles from Russia have bought polypropylene produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex while brokers from Afghanistan and Belize have procured heavy vacuum gasoil produced by Seydi Refinery. High-density polyethylene, polypropylene and ECO-93 gasoline (SC Türkmengaz) have been bought by the entrepreneurs from Russia, United Arab Emir...

Grain harvest starts in Turkmenistan

Grain harvest campaign has started in Turkmenistan. Grain producers of Ahal, Lebap and Mary Velayats have started reaping of wheat and farmers of Balkan and Dashoguz Velayats to join them on June 12.

This year, Turkmen grain producers will have to produce 1,400,000 tons of grain including 400,000 tons in Ahal, 345,000 tons in Mary, 310,000 tons in Lebap, 265,000 tons in Dashoguz and 80,000 tons in Balkan Velayats from 690,000 hectares. The min part of the fields has been sown with high produc...