1 million US dollars award ceremony to Gyoktepe etrap, which has become the winner of the best ertap contest in 2019, was held in Yzgant village. Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, deputies of the Mejlis, heads of velayat and etrap administration, representatives of public organizations, farmers, best personnel, honoured elders, youth and numerous residents of the velayats took part in the events. The results of the best etrap contest have been announced at the extended session o...

Macroeconomic results of 2019 were visual indication of financial stability, stable dynamics of growth in all sectors of national economy including social sphere. This is indicated by the growth of the GDP, the main macroeconomic indicator. In 2019, this indicators of 6.3 percent including 4.1 percent in industry, 14.2 percent in trade and 10.1 percent in transport and communication sphere. According to the experts of International Monetary Fund, this indicator is one of the highest in the...

A concert at the Magtymguly Music and Drama Theater featuring Russian artists has proved a big success. The audience was treated to performances by soloists of the St. Petersburg-based Mariinsky Theater, Honored Artist of Russia Tatiana Pavlovskaya and winner of international competitions Alexander Trofimov, and the Moroshka State Song and Dance Theater company. Nadezhda Poltavchenko, the Moroshka Theater’s founder and director, said in an interview that the Theater’s mission is to promote Ru...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference working session of the Cabinet of Ministers. Outcomes of work of the branches of national economy for the last months and current subjects of the state life have been reviewed at the session. Coming to the agenda, the Head of Turkmenistan called Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers M. Meredov. The Vice-premier has reported on the results of work of the spheres under his supervision in January. It was mentioned that pl...

On February 14, 2020, the successive session of the National Leading and Coordinating Committee of the Partnership Framework Development Program between Turkmenistan and the UN for 2016-2020 was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of UN agencies and public organizations attended the meeting. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affa...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Governor of St. Petersburg (the Russian Federation) Alexander Beglov, who arrived in Ashgabat, leading a representative delegation. Thanking the President of Turkmenistan for the warm welcome, the guest underlined that he was very happy with the opportunity to visit our country, with which St. Petersburg is bounded with long-standing ties of friendship and fruitful cooperation in various fields. Expressing gratitude for the attention the Turkmen le...

On February 13, 2020, the signing ceremony of the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Turkmenistan and Grenada was held in the premises of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation.     Prior to the signing ceremony, the talks were held between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation Batyr Niyazliyev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Grenada to the Russian Federation Oleg Firer. ...