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

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

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

President Berdimuhamedov instructed the government to expand the loan programme for small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on the need to create new jobs

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

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

Early presidential elections will be held today; Central Election Commission confirmed that the order to hold the elections came from the president

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

A new technology for the use of liquorice root in food products has been developed in the laboratory of the Technology Centre of the Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences; bread was the first product enriched with glycyrrhizic acid

The development programme for 2022-2052 sets out a number of goals, including the further active development and strengthening of the sphere of statehood and the promotion of greater public confidence in governmental and social institutions

The country is ready to resume the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project after a high-ranking national delegation discussed it in Kabul

The international scientific and practical conference 'Turkmen land - the centre of cultural values of world popularity' and an exhibition of objects, pottery, carpets, jewellery opened in the capital

The flames burning for over 50 years in a remote crater of the Karakum desert, a destination for the few local tourists, will be put out by presidential order to save the natural gas that fuels them and to avoid pointless impact on the environment