Asia Turkmenistan Minister of Foreign Affairs met the Deputy Director General of the WTO and informed him of the preparatory work carried out in Turkmenistan for WTO accession, which includes improving the national legislative framework, procedures and foreign trade rules
Asia Turkmenistan With the help of the EU-funded Advice for Small Businesses programme, Atamyrat Saryyev, owner of the Turkmen dairy company Garagum, has rebranded and developed the design of his dairy company's product range
Asia Turkmenistan Transport between the country and Iran has increased by 50% after the implementation of previous agreements and the revision of tariffs
Asia Turkmenistan Kerki International Airport in Turkmenistan is now offering foreign airlines free high-quality maintenance and refuelling services as a strategy to attract foreign airlines
Asia Turkmenistan In the Koneurgench district of the Dashoguz region in the north, construction has begun on a large private park for trucks in transit that also includes a maintenance area for heavy vehicles
Asia Turkmenistan The country became the 170th state party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards; the Convention will enter into force for Turkmenistan on 2 August
Asia Turkmenistan USAID announced a competition offering a co-financing programme to help farmers obtain GLOBALG.A.P. certification, a key step towards exporting fresh horticultural products to international markets
Asia Turkmenistan GDP is expected to grow by 6,0% in 2022 and 5,8% in 2023, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2022 recently published by the Asian Development Bank; inflation rates are forecast at 13,0% in 2022 and 10,0% in 2023
Asia Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov instructed the government to expand the loan programme for small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on the need to create new jobs
Asia Turkmenistan Turkmenistan received Indian President Kovind, first ever presidential visit by an Indian head of state; a memorandum of understanding has been signed on the issue of financial intelligence
Asia Turkmenistan The start of the spring planting campaign was launched in recent days with the participation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, an event with a high value in the country's tradition
Asia Turkmenistan Early presidential elections will be held today; Central Election Commission confirmed that the order to hold the elections came from the president
Asia Turkmenistan A briefing on the adoption of the "National Programme for Transforming Turkmenistan into a Tobacco-Free Country for 2022-2025" and the action plan for its implementation was held Ashgabat