On the 8th of February 2019, Meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on preparation of National Voluntary Review of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Turkmenistan was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The representatives of the governing bodies of the relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan as well as representatives of UN agencies participated to the meeting. The aim o...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers where outcomes of work of the branches of national economy in January have been summed up and current subjects of the state life have been discussed. Having announced the agenda, the Head of the State gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Myradov who reported on macroeconomic indicators for January. The Vice-premier informed that the growth rates of the GDP was 6.2 p...

Macroeconomic indicators of January indicates stable development of the country. The growth rates of the GDP was 6.2 percent. In general, the volume of production for the period under review has grown by 4.9 percent comparing with the same period of the last year. Retail turnover has increased by 19 percent. The production plan of various food production was fulfilled by 155.1 percent. By the outcomes of the first month, the revenue of the State budget was executed to the amount of 1.4 billio...

Development of recommendations for intellectual innovative development of petroleum industry including the projects of digital wells and deposits has to be one of the main direction of activity of profile scientific institutes, the Head of the State said at the session of the Government on February 8. Having listened to the report of Vice-premier M. Meredov on the work of the facilities of fuel and energy complex in January this year, the President of Turkmenistan focused on the objectives of...

At the session of the Government on February 8, Vice-premier Ch. Gylyjov informed the Head of the State that Turkmenistan delegation is going to Germany on February 11 – 14 this year for participation in Turkmen – German business forum. In this regard, the Head of the State said about important role of Turkmen – German Working Commission as an efficient mechanism in development of partnership with this European country. Having expressed the confidence that coming business forum in Berlin woul...

The meeting with the delegation of the international company Petronas (Malaysia), headed by EVP, CEO, Mr. Datuk Mohd Anuar Bin Taib, took place in the administrative building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan. A number of proposals on the further development of partnership with Turkmenistan were presented during the meeting. It was noted that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov carries out the ‘open-door’ policy, paying particular attention to the attraction of foreign investments in...

Booklet with brief review of the wetlands of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan has been published under the aegis of the Central Asian Regional Ecological Centre (CAREC), the Secretary Office of the Ramsar Convention and Regional Ramsar Initiative for Central Asia (RRICA). The publication will cite the information about soil and climate characteristics of different water reserves and flooded territories as well as about the measures for protection of biodiversity of these areas. The boo...