President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ashgabat within the framework of the Central Asian tour, discussed the key issues of cooperation in the political, trade and economic spheres. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran noted that Tehran supported the foreign policy pursued by neutral Turkmenistan, which is an important factor in strengthening peace and stability in Central Asia. In this regard, the Turkmen leader...

Investment forum with participation of Turkmen producers and entrepreneurs as well as specialists of transport and communication complex of the country has started in the building of the Türkmendemirýollary Agency. The goal of the event is to establish active dialog between profile ministries and departments as well as potential customers of transport services, to develop the government and private sector, to open new facilities for import substitutive production by attraction of investments...

During the Turkmen-Iranian Inter-MFA consultations that took place on the 8th of April in Ashgabat, the cultural-humanitarian cooperation was considered in detail. The parties expressed interest in the arrangement of joint cultural events, including those in face-to-face format as soon as the restrictive measures related to the global pandemic allow.  In particular, the delegations discussed the preparations to the 300th birthday anniversary of the Turkmen poet-philosopher Makhtumkhuli Fragi,...

During the Inter-MFA consultations on the level of Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Iran that were held on the 8th of April of current year in Ashgabat, special attention was paid to the intensification of trade-economic cooperation. Stressing the availability of high potential for collaboration in the given area, the parties agreed to hold a series of meetings in the framework of the preparation to the successive session of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Coope...

A representative Iranian delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived to Ashgabat on a two-day visit.  Today, on 8 April, the head of the external policy agency of Iran was received by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Then the Inter-MFA consultations were held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed gratitude to the Turkmen side in the person...

Today, on 8 April 2021, the Turkmen-Japanese political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of two countries were held via videoconferencing.  The Turkmen side was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev, while the Japanese side was led by the Deputy Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau of the MFA of Japan, Deputy Assistant Minister Tokuda Shuichi.   During the talks, the parties noted with satisfaction the positive dynami...

Number of private producers developing agricultural production is growing in the north of the country like in other regions. More and more individuals and legal entities receive land plots for 99 years lease from special agricultural land funds. For example, 39 new farms, which have started produce crops from the state order on contractual base, were opened in Zähmet territorial unit, Ruhubelent district. More than two thousands hectares of land was given to them last year in total. Part of t...