A private enterprise Gerçek, specialized in making of spring-and-summer and autumn-and-winter range of the men’s, women’s, children’s shoes and shoes for the healthcare centers, increased production.  Various types of footwear - more than eight million pairs - were produced, representing 30 percent increase over last year. The Mary enterprise, operating seven workshops, and employing 500 workers, has launched the production of the open toe shoes and closed shoes form the synthetic and eco-fri...

A webinar "Review of the current practices of using “green” hotel standards in Avaza" was held by the UNDP country office within the framework of the joint project of UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan "Sustainable Cities in Turkmenistan: Integrated Green Urban Development in Ashgabat and Avaza.” The representatives of the ministries, institutions and higher educational institutions participated in the event, including the Ministry of Agriculture...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has taken part in the solemn ceremony of opening of the luxurious hotel "Garagum" with its versatile business centre, which has become one more bright sight of the Turkmen capital. At the same time, Ashgabat, a unique pearl of Asia, is also recognized as a business and tourist centre, attracting more and more foreign visitors. Thus, the “Garagum” is to become a symbol of hospitality, friendliness and good neighbourhood - qualities for which the Turkme...

Today, on November 19, an online meeting with the delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development headed by Managing Director, Central Asia for the EBRD Zsuzsanna Hargitai took place. From the Turkmen side the meeting was attended by the Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan G.Mushshikov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev. In the course of the constructive talk the parties discussed a number of directions of mutually beneficial cooper...

On November 18, 2021, during the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Turkmenistan was elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme for the period 2021-2025. The goal of the International Hydrological Programme is to contribute to the development and deepening of knowledge in the field of hydrology, development of modern methods and approaches of research in this field, the development of strategies and policies for sustainable...

On November 19, 2021, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev met with Regional Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Central Asia Hans Friedrich Schodder in videoconference format. During the meeting, the sides gave a brief overview to the joint work done in 2021 and reviewed the implementation of previously reached agreements. The sides emphasized the strategic nature of Turkmenistan's partnership with the United...

On November 19, 2021, the Seventh meeting of the Sub-Committee on Energy Cooperation of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee on Cooperation was held in an online format. The Turkmen side was led by the Chairman of “Turkmengas” State Concern B.Amanov. The Chinese side was led by the Director of the National Energy Administration of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Jianhua. The meeting was also attended by the representatives of the relevant ministries and agencies of the two cou...