On August 25, 2020, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria in Turkmenistan (with residence in Nur-Sultan) Gerhard Sailler, who is completing his diplomatic mission in our country.   In the beginning of the talks, the Minister expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for his efficient work and important contribution to the development and strengthenin...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference session with participation of some Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of the ministries and governors of the regions. Objectives related to implementation of the programmes of social and economic development of the country as well as seasonal agricultural works, preparation to opening of various facilities were brought out for discussion. First, Turkmen leader has called Hyakim of Ashgabat Ya. Gylyjov and Dep...

Resolutions on Joining of the country to number of international agreements, which include the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and Agreement on the Protection of Afro-Eurasian Migratory Wetland Birds, have been adopted at the 10th session of the Mejlis of the 6th convocation on August 22. We have asked Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Eldar Rustamov to comment on this event, which indicates active position of our country in solution of natural conse...

Representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations took part in an online meeting with the heads of the EXPO-2020 steering committee. The organizational issues of the global forum were discussed during the meeting. As reported, taking into account the epidemiological situation in the world, Turkmenistan supported the initiative put forward by the UAE to postpone EXPO-2020 to next year. In this regard, the parties called for the intensification of mutually beneficial co...

On August 22, 2020, the tenth meeting of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan of sixth convocation took place in the format of a videoconference.   The heads of profile ministries and departments of the country, as well as the representatives of the mass media participated to the session.  During the session, the drafts Resolutions of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan on adopting a number of laws and joining various important international legal documents, including the modernization of the legislative base o...

Report on preparation to the launch of new Halkbank Terminal mobile application for contactless payment has been presented to the Head of the State at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on August 21. Mobile application developed by IT-specialists of the above-mentioned bank is aimed at activation of measures for expansion of range of cashless payments in shopping outlets and service centres, improvement of reliability of payments for goods. After opening of Hakbank terminal, it is planne...

Summer school holidays and preparations for the new academic year are nearing completion. All educational institutions of the country are renovated and provided with the necessary supplies and equipment, curricula and programs are improved. Among the priority vectors of the modern educational environment are multilingual education, the active use of digital systems, as well as technical and technological classes in schools. Traditionally, festive architectural premieres take place in the c...