Ceremony of construction launch of Ashgabat – Turkmenabat highway was held. As it was informed at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on January 11, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, having authorised Türkmen Awtoban CJSV, the member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, to make project design and construction of Ashgabat – Turkmenabat highway and its facilities. This decision is aimed at successful implementation of set objectives for comprehensive in...

On January 24, 2019, political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and France were held at the MFA of Turkmenistan. The French delegation was headed by Ms. Florence Mangin, Director of the Continental Europe Office of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France. At the beginning of the talks, the sides exchanged views on the prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and France. The importance of activating bilateral visits on the level of the...

‘Challenges of Desert Development’, an international scientific and practical journal, published by the National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna of the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Environmental Protection and Land Resources, focuses on scientific research results and development of desert lands in Turkmenistan and beyond. Its sections contain scholarly and informative articles on research in the fields of geography, geomorphology, hydrogeology, hydrology, climate change, flora and...

Vice-premier E. Orazgeldiyev presented the proposals prepared by the State Commissions of the velayats and Ashgabat to the Head of the State for review at the session of the Government on January 23. In particular, it is planned to allocate land plots of total 67.67 hectares for construction of different production facilities to the ministries, departments, administrations and their lower organizations. It is also planned to allocate 8,583.35 hectares of land for organization of agricultural and...

The latest issue of ‘Democracy and Law’, published by the Institute of State, Law and Democracy, opens with an article entitled ‘Permanent Neutrality: The Triumph of Peace and Positive Cooperation’. The article highlights the role and importance of Turkmenistan’s foreign-policy strategy in tackling global challenges of today, strengthening peace and security, and looks at the positive cooperation with the UN across a wide spectrum of issues, including in environmental diplomacy and the SDG imple...

Regular issues of scientific and practical magazine Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of Turkmenistan published by the Foreign Ministry in Turkmen, Russian and English languages is dedicated to the review of important events of foreign activity of our country in the fourth quarter of the last year. The magazine is opened by traditional section highlighting the talks held by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with high-rank officials of foreign countries. It includes the information about working...

The Khazar Chemical Plant has boosted the production of high-quality carbon black almost twofold. Last year alone, the enterprise exported some 2,000 tons of the product. Among the consumers were companies from the USA, Russia, Scotland, Uzbekistan, and others. K-354 carbon black, produced by the Plant on an industrial scale, is mainly used as a reinforcing filler in the production of rubber goods. Aside from that, it is used to slow down the aging process in plastics, to make plastics antist...