President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held joint session of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council where Hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat city have also been invited. Preparation to New Year celebrations and number of priority issues of domestic policy have been reviewed. Having announced the agenda, the Head of the State gave floor for report to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister R. Meredov. The Vice-premier, the Head of the MFA h...

During the Government session on December 22, Vice-premier A. Garajayev reported on the Programme of events and activities related with the slogan of the next year “Turkmenistan - the Herat of the Great Silk Road” as well as with the symbol of 2018. It was mentioned that the slogan is to support the activation of work for deep study and popularization of the history of Turkmen nation, historical and cultural monuments along the Great Silk Road in the world. The Programme stipulates the con...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution prescribing all enterprises, institutions and organizations (with the exception of credit institutions), regardless of the type of ownership, to switch to International Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards as from 1 January 2019. According to the document, the Ministry of Finance and Economy has been charged with establishing the coordination commission for switching to International Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards,...

By Decree of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Kakayev, Yagshygeldi Elyasovich, has been appointed Oil and Gas Advisor to the Head of State.

President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of India, Ram Nath Kovind. During the conversation, the heads of friendly nations have exchanged opinions on the current state and the future of the intestate dialog in bilateral and multilateral formats, primarily, within reputable international organizations, and discussed several issues of mutual interest pertaining to regional and global politics. President Ram Nath Kov...

The Ashgabat Declaration adopted at the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference held on 28-29 November 2017 in Ashgabat in the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the Organization was circulated as the document of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly of the United Nations under the item 19 (i) of the agenda.

In his speech to the Elders’ Council in October, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov identified wider use of cutting-edge space technology in various sectors of the national economy as key short-term tasks. By a decision of the head of state, some 1 billion 300 million manats are to be allocated for the domestic space industry development in 2018-2024. The funds will be spent on building and launching a remote sensing satellite. Along with that, the money will go to pay for the considerable e...