“Garlyk” mining and processing plant for the production of potassium fertilizers will be inagurated in Turkmenistan on March 31, 2017 Equipped with the most advanced technologies, this plant will become the flagship of the Turkmen chemical industry and the largest industrial-production complex in the Asian continent. The fact that its construction on one of the largest deposits of potassium salts in the world clearly indicates that Turkmenistan will obtain  one of the leading positions in the...

Today, on the first of March, 2017 President of Turkmenistan left for Islamabad on a working visit to participate in the XIII Summit of the Heads of the States of the Economic Cooperation Organization member-countries. Current meeting of the Heads of States and the Governments, high-rank representatives of the ECO members and international organizations will be important phase in the activity of the Organization for analyses of the past work and definition of perspective future directions....

On January 18, 2017 at the Olympic village in Ashgabat the press conference was organized dedicated to the V Asian Games indoors and martial arts, to be held from 17 to 27 September 2017 at the capital of Turkmenistan. The press conference was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Sport, the Executive Committee for the preparation of V Asian Games and the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan. The press conference was attend...

In connection with the posted content on the official website of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), the following is noted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Company’s message has tendentious and biased nature, is considered by us as an attempt to mislead all of us, regarding to the debt repayment obligations of the Company to the Turkmen side. In particular, the statements about the alleged violations of the contract from  State Concern «Turkmengaz», related to the...

In the last days contradictory information started to circulate in the mass media of Iran and other states concerning Turkmen-Iranian relations in the gas sphere.  Some of them allegedly state about “unexpected and inconsistent with bilateral agreement” termination of natural Turkmen gas supplies to Iran as of January 1st 2017.  On the contrary, in other publications it is noted that Iran has signed a five year contract with Turkmenistan on the supply of Turkmen gas. In this regard, the Minis...

Development of international cooperation in the field of transport is a key element of the Global Development Agenda. An obvious need for a systematic and purpose oriented partnerships in the field of transport is reflected in a number of resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, in particular, the resolution 70/197 «Towards comprehensive cooperation among all modes of transport for promoting sustainable multimodal transit corridors» of 22 December 2015, which was co-sponsored...

Today, the Parliament of Turkmenistan has ratified the Paris Agreement approved at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 and signed by Turkmenistan on 23 September 2016 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Turkmenistan being an active supporter of the prevention of negative consequences of climate change, consistently conducts numerous events aimed at reduction of green house emissions into the atmosphere. A good example of it is the National Climate Change Str...