The progress in implementation of the Preparedness and Response Plan of Turkmenistan to Acute Infectious Disease (CPRP) was discussed during an online meeting. The videoconference meeting brought together representatives of the Mejlis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the spheres of healthcare, finance, legal and social protection, education, agriculture and environmental protection, migration and customs services, transport departments, as well as the media, the Union of Industrialists and E...

As reported, the solemn ceremony of opening specialized educational school No. 21 took place in Ashgabat on September 1. The complex includes buildings for secondary school education and preschool education. In accordance with the Programme for improving the activities of preschool institutions in the field of early development and school readiness, the specialized center is focused on in-depth linguistic training and computer literacy. Our correspondent visited young pupils and got acquainte...

In order to efficiently use pastures, regulate relations related to the improvement and protection of pastures, as well as regulate land relations to protect the rights of their users and tenants, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, instructing the relevant officials to approve the appropriate Procedures for the use and lease of pastures, rental rates and collection of leasing fees. According to the document, velayat hyakims are instructed to ensure control over the timelines...

The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution authorizing the “Türkmenaragatnaşyk” Agency to conclude a contract with Vialex FZE (the United Arab Emirates) for the purchase of equipment, software and licenses for the modernization of the video conferencing system. http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/?id=14967

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where heads of regional administration and Ashgabat have been invited. Outcomes of work of the Government for the past eight months of the year have been summed up at the session. Having announced the agenda, the Head of Turkmenistan gave floor for report to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Mushikov who reported on macroeconomic indicators for the period under review, which...

On September 3, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. At the beginning of the conversation, the Turkmen leader emphasized that he recalls with particular warmth his visit to Italy in November 2019, where, during the summit in Rome, topical issues of interaction in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other areas had been discussed. President Gu...

Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations is the topic of an OSCE-organized online seminar held in Ashgabat on 2 September 2020. The main goal of the seminar is to present the best practices of OSCE participating States in going through the WTO negotiation process and facilitate discussions on possible steps for further expansion of the national trade policy. The seminar brought together specialists of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Affai...