On March 14-15, 2019, delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the work of the 62nd regular session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Austria. The main topic of the Commission’s agenda was the fight against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and their precursors. The participants of the session paid attention to the issues of further strengthening the international drug control system (ISCO), compliance with the UN anti-drug conventions, and objectives o...

Turkmen wrestlers take part in International Ethnic Festival “The World of Nomads”, which is held in Saudi Arabia. The main goal of the festival is to protect and revive national sports, to popularize cultural diversity and to activate international humanitarian dialog. Around 2,000 sportsmen from 90 countries take part in current competitions contesting in national wrestling, intellectual games, archery and horse riding. For seven days of the competitions, Turkmenistan National team wo...

Turkmen – Bahrein business forum, which was organized by the Trade and Industrial Chambers of two countries, has started its work in Archabyl Hotel of the capital. The forum, which is held for the first time, is to become an important step toward the activation of bilateral cooperation in wide range of directions. Delegation of representatives of the Governmental structures, financial institutes, education facilities of the Kingdom of Bahrein as well as leading companies specialized in trade,...

On the 16th of March 2019, Turkmen-Bahraini business forum started its work in Ashgabat.  To attend this event, a reputable delegation consisting of the representatives of business structures of the Kingdom of Bahrain arrived to Turkmenistan.  The heads and representatives of the ministries and agencies, as well as the organizations and companies of private sector of Turkmenistan and Bahrain participated in the business forum.    In their introductory speeches, the Minister of Trade and Forei...

On the 16th of March 2019, an exhibition fair opened in the premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ashgabat dedicated to the 11th anniversary of the establishment of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The Chairman and representatives of the Parliament (Mejlis) of Turkmenistan, Deputies of the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, heads and representatives of the ministries and agencies of the state, as well as heads and representatives...

Relative clearing centre provided with modern equipment and programme software has been founded at the facilityof the State Energy Control of Ashgabat in the context of implementation of the objectives of transit to digital service system and payments of the electricity consumers. It has electronic database of the consumers in the capital including the address, volumes of consumed energy, period of payment, etc. It is possible now to pay using mobile phones, terminals and internet. Similar centr...

The work on organization of the exhibition hall of Turkmenistan at the World Exhibition EXPO 2020, which is to be held in Dubai (UAE), is carried out. The Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Affairs held an international tender, which selected project proposal of Tekmil private company – the member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The area of Turkmenistan exhibition hall at the EXPO 2020, which will be held under slogan “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” will be 1,581...