The 22th international conference and exhibition Oil and Gas Turkmenistan 2017 (OGT) will be held in Ashgabat on November 2-4, the Turkmen government said in a message. “Special attention will be paid to the diversification of supplies of Turkmen natural gas to world markets. In particular, the progress of construction and prospects of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India…
Turkmenistan’s purchasing centers received more than 1 million tons of raw cotton, said the country’s Ministry of Agriculture. Cotton is a significant export product of Turkmenistan and is in demand by dozens of modern companies of the country’s dynamically developing textile industry. It is planned to produce 1,050,000 tons of cotton in Turkmenistan in 2017.…
Ashgabat city hosted a working interdepartmental meeting timed to the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The event was organized by the Ozone Center under the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan. Over…
The charges for public utilities, namely, natural gas, electricity and water, will be introduced in Turkmenistan. Speaking at a meeting of the Council of Elders of Turkmenistan on October 9, the president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed that after the country gained independence, the population consumed natural gas, drinking water, electricity and salt free of charge. The…
The Ministry of Finance and Economy has been established in Turkmenistan. The corresponding decree was signed by the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at an expanded government meeting devoted to the results of January-September. The new ministry merged the Turkmen Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy and Development, and became their successor. Under the…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed dissatisfaction at a meeting of the government, pointing to low rates of cargo transportation by the State Service of Maritime and River Transportation. Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan’s transport system had considerable reserves of production capacity, allowing it to ensure increasing volumes of transportation of goods and passengers, including those traveling…
The opening ceremony of the Tbilisi Sea Plaza shopping mall was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message. According to the message, “Turkmenistan” store with a wide range of textile products, carpets and rugs, souvenirs, was opened in the shopping mall. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili attended the opening ceremony.…