During the working meeting held on the 30th of January 2020, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave valuable instructions on the issues of prevention of the diseases and enhancement of the medical services provided to the population. Also, during the given session in participation of the Deputies of the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, hyakims of the regions and the capital, heads of the military and law enforcement agencies, relevant ministries and departments, as...

President, Supreme Commander of the Armed forces of Turkmenistan, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held session of the State Security Council where measures for improvement of activity of military and law enforcement agencies, modernization of their equipment and facility base, priority objectives of these structures in 2020 have been discussed. New composition of the State Security Council has also been approved and personnel and number of other issues have been reviewed. Coming over t...

The Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan hosted the ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Understanding on strategic partnership between the Ministry and Swiss company "SICPA SA" - a world leader in the field of marking with protected characters. The document aims to promote the development of the digital economy in Turkmenistan, which was identified by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov as a priority task. Expanding the use of various electronic systems and information networks,...

A consultation meeting to discuss the Country programme of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for 2021-2025 was held in the building of the United Nations Office in Turkmenistan. Head of the United Nations Children's Fund office in Turkmenistan Ms. Christine Weigand, the representatives of the national parliament, ministries and departments, public organizations and young people attended the event. The meeting participants were familiarized wit...

On January 30, 2020, the second working session on the discussion of the results in the framework of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development assessment “Improving the Legal Environment for Business in Central Asia: Focus on Turkmenistan” took place in the “Yildiz” hotel of the capital. From the Turkmen side, the representatives of a number of ministries and departments of the country, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, as well as the...

On January 30, 2020, the second meeting of the authorized representatives of the Caspian states on the discussion of the project of the Agreement between the Governments of the Caspian States on Cooperation in Conducting Search and Rescue Operations in the Caspian Sea has started in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The experts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, including the specialists...

Structures of the People’s Council as a representative chamber of National Council, which composition is 56 people, has been reviewed at the session of the Constitution Commission of Turkmenistan. “It is necessary to point out in the Main Law that equal number, namely eight people, are elected from each velayat and Ashgabat to the People’s Council by secret voting at relative sessions of the People’s Councils of the velayats and Ashgabat for provision of interests of the state and society”, -...