In accordance with the Programme of the social and economic development of Turkmenistan for 2018-2024, adopted during the Elders’ Council in October this year, over 1.300 billion manats will be invested into the development of the national space sphere.  It is planned to launch a land remote sensing satellite into the space orbit, as well as to significantly widen the ground infrastructure of the space industry, train specialists and organize the scientific work on space.  The beginning of...

In January-November, 2017, the GDP growth rate in Turkmenistan made up 6.5 percent. The GDP growth rate increased by 5.8 percent in the production sector, by 1.4 percent – in the construction sector, by 10.9 percent - in the transport and communications sector, by 9.6 percent in the trade industry, by 5.1 percent – in the agricultural sector, by 8.9 percent in the sphere of services. As compared with the same period of 2016, the growth in the production industry achieved 6.4 percent. In Ja...

On December 7, 2017, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Turkmenistan, Mr. Jong Tae-In, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the Ambassador expressed his sincere gratitude to the Turkmen side for the assistance and support of the Embassy's activities over the years. Speaking about the high achievements in the political sphere, the parties expressed their commi...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea in Turkmenistan Jong Tae Ihn who accomplishes his diplomatic mission in our country. Greeting the Head of the State, the diplomat expressed sincere gratitude for the attention to the development of friendly Turkmen – Korean relations as well as for the support of the activity of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, which was always felt in his work. Jong Tae Ihn...

On December 6, 2017, in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held with the delegation of the European Union led by the Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE in the European External Action Service (EEAS), Luke Pierre Devin. The agenda of the meeting included issues of bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest. Noting Turkmenistan's commitment to developing cooperation with EU institut...

On December 4-5, 2017, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs R. Meredov paid a working visit to Moscow, where attended the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caspian littoral states. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan discussed issues of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, as well as documents regulating five-way cooperation in the Caspian in various fields...

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held offsite session of the State Security Council where the outcomes of work of military and law enforcement agencies for 11 months of the year were summed up and the objectives for near future were outlined.  Yearly in the morning, the helicopter of the Head of the State landed at one of the military divisions. The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country was w...