In accordance with the Cooperation Programme between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Armenia for 2018-2019, during the period of June 6-7, 2019, the first Turkmen-Armenian consultations on consular issues on the level of the heads of the consular services of the external policy agencies were held in the city of Yerevan.   During the consultations, the parties thoroughly discussed a number of consular issues presenting mutual interest.  According to the ag...

On June 6, 2019, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a regular video conference meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country. During the meeting, the vice-premiers reported on the results of the work on the development of the national economy over five months of the current year. The Leader of Turkmenistan noted that all adopted social programs are being successfully implemented, and GDP growth remains at a high level of 6.2 percent. In accordance with the adopte...

Messe Frankfurt, the world’s largest trade fair and event organizer, has opened its official representative office in Ashgabat. Each year, the company organizes about 150 trade fairs in Frankfurt am Main, where the headquarters is located, as well as exhibitions in Berlin and many other cities around the world. At the event, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Margret Weber noted, the opening of the representative office of the famous Frankfurt Fair in Ashgabat would bring the e...

The delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has arrived to St. Petersburg to participate in the International Economic Forum. The delegation will take part in the plenary session of the forum, and will also hold a number of bilateral meetings aimed at strengthening Turkmenistan’s cooperation with other states and international organizations.

On the 5th of June 2019, a round table meeting named “The First Caspian Economic Forum: investment opportunities for the European Union in the Caspian region and Central Asia” that was dedicated to the First Caspian Economic Forum to be held on August 12, 2019 in the National Tourist Zone “Avaza" took place in Brussels.  The event was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Kingdom of Belgium jointly with the European Institute of Asian Studies.    Secretary-general of the Energy Char...

On the 5th of June 2019, the International Conference on the “Role of Water Diplomacy in achieving the Sustainable Development in Central Asia” dedicated to the World Environment Day was held in Ashgabat.  The heads and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection, State Committee of Water Management of Turkmenistan, UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, UN Representative Office in Turkmenistan, including the sector agencies of the UN, as w...

As a wheat harvest season kicks off in Turkmenistan, growers in Akhal, Lebap and Mary velayats have begun harvesting operations, with farmers in Balkan and Dashoguz velayats to join them on June 12. With the total area of 760, 000 hectares under wheat countrywide, this year Turkmen producers are set to harvest 1,600,000 tons of wheat, as proportioned: Akhal velayat – 450,000 tons; Mary velayat – 380,000 tons; Lebap velayat – 350,000 tons; Dashoguz velayat – 300,000 tons; Balkan velayat – 120,...