On August 10, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates Ahmed Alhai Hamad Khamis Al-Hameli. During the talk, R.Meredov congratulated the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates with the appointment to this responsible position and wished him success in the diplomatic assignment. The parties considered the important aspects of cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-e...

Turkmenistan is the largest gas power, where population at large uses network or pipeline natural gas. The Law of Turkmenistan "On Hydrocarbon Gas and Gas Supply" defines the principles of the state policy in the gas sector and gas supply, one of which is to increase the gas infrastructure development on the territory of Turkmenistan, based on the national gasification programme. The main gas supply system in the country is the unified gas supply system for domestic consumers. As part of the...

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2021, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted worldwide every year. This has significant negative consequences from an environmental and socio-economic point of view. Experts estimate that 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with unused food. Currently, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need to reduce food waste is becoming more and more urgent. If we are to seriously tackle food waste, w...

The nature of Turkmenistan is rich and varied. Walking along the picturesque gorges of the Kopetdag Mountains, one often sees tall, slender trees with smooth bark and beautiful emerald foliage. This is dagdan, also called the Caucasian hackberry. Lovers of mountain travel know that these trees grow near mountain springs, covering them with lacy shade. Dagdan grows mainly in picturesque corners of mountain gorges, where water accumulates in the depths of rocks, in crevices. In the folklore...

Turkmenistan is a party to 11 environmental conventions, including the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the UN Convention on Biodiversity, the Framework (Tehran) Convention for the Protection of Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea, the Ramsar Convention, etc., actively implementing their provisions in its environmental strategies and programs. Protection of atmospheric air, preservation of biodiversity, development of “green belts”, effective management of water, land and forest resour...

115 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. Businessmen from Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, the UK, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan among others purchased aviation kerosene, gasoline, liquefied gas, calcined petroleum coke, hydrotreated diesel fuel, low-sulfur fuel oil, produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries, as well as liquefied gas, produced by Türkmengaz Group of Companies, and liquef...

A series of international seminars and round tables was held with the participation and organization of the Government of Turkmenistan and the OSCE, on topical modern challenges and social trends. As the "GA" correspondent was informed at the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, a two-day online roundtable meeting was organized with national partners involved in the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) for 2021-2025, which took place on 3 and 4 August 2021 year. The meeting ser...