Preparation to important social and political events is expanding in Turkmenistan. The elections of the deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, members of the People’s Councils of velayats, etraps and cities and Gengeshys of several districts, which are to delegate the most deserving and competent people, who deserve the respect and trust of compatriots by their honest work, will be held on March 31. According to the Constitution of Turkmenistan, electoral code and principles of existing inte...

58 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, the brokers from Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Turkey, Afghanistan, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan and other countries have bought low-sulphur heavy fuel oil, base oil, diesel fuel and gasoline produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Businessmen from Afghanistan have also procured diesel fuel made at Seydi Refinery. High density polye...

During the working session on February 15, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmen people have always taken care of domestic animals and made proposal to organize specialized clinic and to take it under the Government support. This medical facility would be also opened for the participation of the entrepreneurs and wide public as well as relative volunteers in this noble affair. The Head of the State gave instructions to choose the place for the clinic and the provide the shelt...

An opening ceremony of a modern water treatment facility built in “Turkmenistan” private farm association and a groundbreaking ceremony for the secondary school in Garahan village took place in Kaka district of Ahal province as part of the Program for the Socio-Economic Development of the country for 2019-2025 approved by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The celebrations were attended by the deputy governor of Ahal province, Serdar Berdimuhamedov; representatives of the National Parliamen...

The Institute of State, Law and Democracy hosted a meeting of the Inter-ministerial Commission on Ensuring Turkmenistan’s Compliance with International Obligations in the Field of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law that reviewed the results of its work in 2018 and discussed its further activity. The meeting was attended by representatives of the country’s National Parliament, several ministries and sectoral agencies, and public organizations. The speakers noted that during the pe...

On the 15th of February 2019, a meeting of the National Leading and Coordinating Committee of the Partnership Framework Development (PFD) Program between Turkmenistan and the UN for 2016-2020 was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, Permanent UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of UN agencies and public organizations attended the meeting. During t...

On the 15th of February 2019, Turkmen-Japanese political consultations with the delegation headed by the Chief of the Central Asia and Caucasus branch of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mikito Tomiyamo who arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the consultations, the parties exchanged views on the level of relations between Turkmenistan and Japan. Also the importance and effectiveness of mu...