On October 20, 2020, the Senior Officials’ Meeting in the framework of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Programme (CAREC) was held through videoconferencing. The event was attended by the heads and representatives of the relevant ministries and departments of the CAREC member countries, and the authorized representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, CAREC National Coordinator M.Ser...

In order to expand the Turkmen-Georgian cooperation in the humanitarian sphere and intensify the dialogue between the scientific and educational centers of the two states, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Tbilisi organized a series of online lectures for students of higher educational institutions of our country. On October 13, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Georgia, representative of the Government of Georgia for the project “New Silk Road”, researcher at Levan Mik...

Turkmenistan is one of the states of Central Asia - a region that today attracts more and more attention of the world community. Here geopolitical and geo-economic interests of many countries of the world are intertwined. Realizing this, Turkmenistan, under the leadership of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, actively participates in processes aimed at strengthening peace, stability, sustainable development and mutual understanding between the peoples of the region, which is of...

On October 20, 2020, a meeting on videoconferencing in the EU-CA-Afghanistan format was held at the level of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the countries of Central Asia, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Secretary General of the European External Action Service Ms. Helga Schmid. The current meeting was attended by the deputy heads of the foreign affairs agencies of Afghanistan - Mirvais Nab, Kazakhstan - M. Syzdykov, Kyrgyzstan - A. Madmarov, Tajikistan - M. Huseynzoda, Turkmenist...

On October 19, 2020, the Third Central Asian Conference on Climate Change (CACCC-2020) started via videoconferencing, which will last until October 23 inclusive. The event is attended by representatives of Central Asian government agencies, international development agencies, financial institutions, academia and civil society. The main topic of this conference is climate change, which is directly or indirectly related to human activities causing changes in the composition of the global atm...

Online meeting of financial specialists of Central Asia and Caucasia with IMF experts took place at the Ministry of Finance and Economy. The meeting agenda focused on private funding to support economic recovery after the pandemic. As emphasized, the current crisis has had a negative impact on the development of the region and governments have adopted specific economic policy responses to protect vulnerable populations and industries. It was underlined the importance of maintaining the invest...

The International Monetary Fund arranged online presentation "Prospects for development of regional economy: the Middle East and Central Asia" at the Ministry of Finance and Economy. Among the top priorities, IMF representatives specified provision of leading industries with sufficient resources and ensuring proper focus of support programmes. In the near future, it is necessary to take decisive steps to preserve jobs, provide liquidity to companies and households, protect the poor and create...