Events on occasion of the Harvest Festival, which embodies people’s pride of the results of selfless work of farmers and generous harvests produced in Turkmen land, have been held all around the country. Ashgabat Equestrian Complex, on which decorated square best personnel of agricultural complex have been honoured, was the main place of celebration events. Members of the Government, heads of the Mejlis, representatives of departments, capital and regional administrations, public organization...

Ahead of the Harvest Festival, farmers are carefully evaluating the outcomes of the agricultural year. According to the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists of Turkmenistan, private farmers and entrepreneurs constitute a considerable proportion of domestic food production. In 2020, private producers have grown some 30, 000 tons of tomatoes (a fourfold increase from last year’s production), and record high yields of potatoes and onions – some 37, 000 tons and 13, 000 tons respectively. Th...

Dashoguz velayat farmers have successfully met their rice production targets. With the total area of 8,100 hectares under rice cultivation in the region, they harvested 35,000-plus tons. Having grown a good yield of rice on 3,350 hectares, rice growers from 27-Oktýabr Daikhan Association were the first in S. Turkmenbashi Etrap (the region’s main rice-producing and processing area) to achieve their targets. There is still much rice in the fields and the harvesting campaign is continuing non-st...

41 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. In foreign currency, businessmen from China, the UAE, Germany and Afghanistan bought petroleum coke, aviation kerosene, diesel fuel, hydrotreated diesel fuel, and gasoline produced at the Turkmenbashi Refinery Complex. Entrepreneurs from the Russian Federation, the UAE, Turkey and Uzbekistan made deals for purchasing high-density polyethylene (Turkmengas State Concern). Deals in for...

In 2020, 25 million saplings of deciduous, fruit trees and grapes will be planted throughout Turkmenistan. This number marks the 25th anniversary of the country's permanent neutrality. Some of the trees were planted during a nationwide planting campaign held on November 7 with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. It was also attended by members of the government, heads and representatives of ministries and sectoral departments, including numerous residents...

The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov made an address at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States that was held in the format of a video conference on the 6th of November. “The cultural-humanitarian sphere remains as a strong and reliable link between the states and people of the CIS,” noted the Vise-premier. In this context, the interest of the Turkmen side in continuing coop...

At today’s meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments of the Commonwealth of Independent States which was held through videoconferencing, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov gave a speech. During his address, the Vice-premier noted that Turkmenistan stands for the strengthening of economic cooperation on the CIS space with the involvement of adjoining regions. In this regard, he underlined the importance of the Strategy o...