This June marks ten years since the Dashoguz Velayat Local History Museum’s new modern building opened its doors. The three-story white marble-clad building with a cone-shaped dome blends national architectural traditions with construction innovations. It is one of the distinctive landmarks of modern Dashoguz. The Dashoguz Velayat Local History Museum has been in existence since 1974, and its new building enabled archeological and ethnographic rarities to be preserved in optimal conditions....

On May 11, 2021 OSCE Regional Conference on Countering Terrorist Financing and Transnational Organized Crime was held. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD). OSCE participating States from Central Asia and from other parts of the OSCE area, senior experts from the academia, private sector and civil society, as well as from the United Nations and o...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received CEO of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the International Oil and Gas Investment Forum. Thanking for the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest conveyed warm greetings to the President of Turkmenistan from President Ilham Aliyev, who expressed the interest of the Azerbaijani side in building up the traditional partnership across the entire spectrum of area...

“I congratulate you on opening of the International Forum on attracting foreign investments to the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan! Great importance is paid to this event in order to address many tasks set to the oil and gas complex of the country,” President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov says in his welcoming address of to the participants of the investment forum held in Ashgabat. According to the President of Turkmenistan, along with the export of energy resources to world markets, Turkmeni...

On May 12, 2021, the second Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs “Central Asia – China” was held in the city of Xi’an of the People’s Republic of China. In his welcoming speech, the Member of PRC’s State Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi warmly greeted his colleagues and underlined the importance of strengthening the cooperation between the external policy agencies of the states of the given format aimed at the implementation of agreements reached at the highest level and advanc...

On the 12th of May, 2021 in the conference hall of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan International Forum for Attracting Foreign Investments to the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan started its work in a hybrid format. The organizers of this largest event in the hydrocarbon market segment are the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, State Concerns “Turkmengas” and “Turkmennebit”, as well as “Turkmengeology” State Corporation. The sponsors of the Forum are “Turkm...

The experts of the energy market observe the contest between Europe and Asia for rising liquefied gas prices. According to statistical data, the supplies of the resource beat all records nowadays. The prices for LPG continue growing. As of May 1, the cost of gas has exceeded 270 US dollars for 1,000 cubic meters at the most liquid European TTF stock exchange, the EADaily informs. Traditionally, the fuel cost reduces after the winter and heating season, however, this time, Europe has consum...