In order to actively attract foreign investment into all sectors of economy and develop a set of measures to stimulate them during the country's transition to modern market relations, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Decree, authorizing to establish an interdepartmental commission for foreign investments, approving its membership and the Regulations on the Commission.

On June 14, 2019 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the delegation, headed by Nicolas Fleury, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations coordinator for Europe and Central Asia, who has arrived to Ashgabat on a working visit. At the beginning of the meeting there was a brief overview of the current activities of the ICRC in the world and around the region. Then the sides exchanged their views on the global and regional issues of hum...

On June 13, 2019 there was a ceremony in Paris of presenting the accreditation letter to the Director-General of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ms. Audrey Azoulay by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan S.Jumaev, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UNESCO. After the presentation ceremony there was a short meeting of Ambassador S.Jumaev with the Director-General of the UNESCO. Ambassador of Turkmenistan passed to Ms. Au...

President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Order, which demoted Chairman of the State Customs Service, Major General Atadurdy Osmanov to the rank of the Colonel.  By the Order of the President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country, Chairman of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan Atadurdy Osmanov was reprimanded for unsatisfactory performance of his duties and deficiencies admitted in his work.

President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Army general Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave order right after midnight on operational readiness of relative divisions to combat readiness for inspection of the troops of National Army.  Personnel of military divisions were put on high alert, fighting jets and helicopters took off for military training centres. Combat training drills are aimed at the inspection of the readiness of Army personnel.  …Early in the morning, the Head of the State...

On June 12, 2019, the President of Turkmenistan held a meeting in honor of the Day of Science in the building of the Academy of Sciences of the country. The meeting was attended by members of the Cabinet of Ministers, leaders of the Mejlis, representatives of the ministries and departments, administrations of the city of Ashgabat and velayats, public organizations, media representatives, scientists and professors, teachers of the higher educational institutions. At the beginning of the mee...

On 12 June 2019, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan, together with the Center for the Study of International Relations of Azerbaijan, held a round table discussion on the first Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held on 12 August this year in the Avaza National Tourist Zone. The event was attended by the heads and employees of diplomatic missions accredited in Baku, deputies, representatives of financial, economic and investment organizations, experts, scholars and T...