On 14–16 January 2018, a representative delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov paid a two-day visit to Islamabad. On the morning of Monday, political consultations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the level of the ministers of foreign affairs were held at the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Khawaja Muhammad Asi...

To enhance the efficiency of implementation of projects on construction of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India gas pipeline, transport corridors and power bridges along the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan route; to coordinate the relevant works, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution on Establishing the Working Committee to coordinate the implementation of the said projects, thus approving the Regulation for this committee and its membership.

It would not be a great exaggeration to say that modern civilization was established by money. It is by right related to such great invention of human though as pottery table, wheel and script of course. The earliest mention of the money is dated by the middle of II millennium BC – clay plate from Mesopotamia between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the south of modern Iraq indicates the payment made by certain silver measure. Later in the Ancient East, metal bullions or stone weights of certain w...

On January 15, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with the participation of the hyakims of the velayats and the capital where objectives of social and economic development of the regions and situation in agricultural complex were discussed. Opening the session, the Head of the State called Hyakim of Ashgabat Sh. Durdiliyev who reported on the fulfilment of the assignments on the capital development given by the Head of the State earlier. Informatio...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 22 transactions were registered. For the foreign currency jeans products, cotton yarn, cotton-fibre and also reinforcement rods were realised. The countries-buyers: Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Afghanistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and others. The total sum of transactions exceeded 31 million 136 thousand US dollars. For the manat businessmen from Russia and Pakistan purchased cotton ya...

On January 13, 2018, a meeting with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Mr. Jin Ki Hoon was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations and discussed further intensification of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea. Speaking about the high achievements in the political sphere, the parties expressed their commitment to further strengthening...

Turkmenistan is preparing for the EXPO-2020 Universal Exposition that will be held in Dubai, UAE. As reported by Vice-Premier, O.Gurbannazarov, at the Cabinet session, the Turkmen side has engaged with the EXPO-2020 Organizational Committee to prepare the national exposition to be presented at the global expo that will take place from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021 under the slogan “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”. In this regard, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has noted that pa...