On 23 June 2019, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit to the city of Kazan at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov. During the visit, a bilateral meeting between the heads of Turkmenistan and Tatarstan is expected.

Last week, 87 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. In foreign currency, businessmen from the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the UAE, Turkey, Singapore, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, among others, bought gasoline, polypropylene, petroleum coke, low sulfur residual oil, liquefied gas, aviation kerosene, produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex. Heavy vacuum gas oil (Seydi Refinery) was also sold to entrepreneurs fr...

Farmers in Gerogly etrap are the first in Dashoguz etrap to meet their wheat production targets. Last year, the 16,000-hectare farmland was planted with high-yielding varieties of wheat (Sahrai and Moskovskaya). Wheat centers have already received 31,500 tons of fine wheat. A larger portion of the yield is top-quality seed grain. Innovative farming methods and well-thought-out harvest strategies are the key to the farmers’ success. This allows keeping the harvesting operations non-stop, inclu...

A Culture Week-2019 has officially opened in the administrative center of Magtymguly etrap. Organized in different parts of Turkmenistan, the large-scale forum is aimed at preserving and enhancing the nation’s spiritual treasures. The annual event celebrates our country’s richly diverse historical-cultural heritage and provides a colorful look at the vibrant contemporary Turkmen culture, reflecting all the national arts - opera, music, songs, cinema, theater, fine, decorative and applied arts...

Grain producers in Ak Bugday etrap, Akhal velayat have reported on the successful fulfillment of their contractual obligations, having produced 89,133-plus tons of wheat. With the total area of 39,000 hectares seeded to winter wheat in the etrap, tenant farmers tend to favor distinctive wheat varieties, such as Biratap, Sahrai, Kalim, Batko, Moskovskiy-56, and Bagrat, which are well suited to the local soil and climatic conditions. More than 100 combine harvesters (from world-known manufac...

I would like to offer my congratulations to you on the official opening of a Culture Week in Balkan velayat and wish you good health, family wellbeing, every success in your creative work, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his Welcoming Address. Major efforts are being made to continuously develop Turkmen culture and art. Today, we have employed new methods, increasingly relying on digitization, electronic and Internet services in the sector, and actively encouraging...

On 22 June 2019, the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan headed by National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib arrived to Turkmenistan on a working visit. During the visit, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Strengthening and development of friendly fraternal relations with Afghanistan are the main directions of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy. The members of the Afghan delegation expressed their gratitude to the distinguished President of Turk...