Dear delegates of the international conference and exhibition! I sincerely congratulate you on the start of the XXVIII International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2023,” organized in beautiful Ashgabat in the year with the motto “Happy youth with Arkadag Serdar”! The industry exposition and conference “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan”, which […]
The President of Turkmenistan to take part in the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asia States in Tajikistan
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will pay a working visit to Tajikistan to participate in the fifth Consultative Meeting of the heads of Central Asian states and in the meeting of the heads of the founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), scheduled for 14-15 September 2023. Deputy Prime Minister, […]
Turkmenistan – Berdimuhamedov to step down – Presidential elections on 12 March 2022
President Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has decided to step down. The presidential elections will take place on 12 March 2022. The announcement was made by the president in his speech at the extraordinary session of Halk Maslahaty (Peoples Council) on 11 February 2022. Here are the relevant passages from his speech: “As you know, 15 years […]
Turkmenistan expands concept of crime prevention – minister of interior replaced
President Berdimuhamedov chaired on Thursday, 1 July 2021, an expanded session of the national security council. The meeting was held in two parts. In the first part the heads of armed forces and law enforcement agencies presented reports for the period Jan-Jun 2021. In the second part, the members of the cabinet of ministers, the […]
President Berdimuhamedov makes annual address to the parliament
nCa Report The president of Turkmenistan traditionally makes two important speeches at the start of the year, one at the expanded session of the cabinet of ministers and the other at the parliament. Together, these speeches serve as report card for the previous year and roadmap for the current year. On 25 February 2021, President […]
Visit of president of Turkmenistan to Dashoguz province highlights other aspects of Basic Self Reliance
nCa News and Commentary President Berdimuhamedov, who is on a working visit to Dashoguz province of Turkmenistan, drove Tuesday morning to the grain farm of Amanyaz Berdiyev in Niyazov district. Berdiyev has leased 21 hectares of land on which has sown Hasylly variet of wheat. He estimates that the yield would be 40 centners per […]
President of Turkmenistan tours provinces to encourage agriculture sector
nCa News and Commentary President Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan is touring provinces to encourage and support the agriculture sector. In the first leg of the travel he visited two private farms in the Labap province on Tuesday (9 June 2020). The first stop was a small private farm in the territory of Watan farmers’ association in […]
GB shows marksmanship skills before military exercise
nCa Report Ashgabat, 2 August 2017 (nCa) — Turkmenistan conducted Tuesday counter-terrorism military exercises and President Berdymuhamedov showed some impressive marksmanship skills before the start of the exercise. A meeting of the national security council was held before the exercise and on conclusion of the exercise the entire security council led by the president rode […]
Russia reaffirms commitment to strategic partnership with Turkmenistan
Elvira Kadyrova Recently, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov was awarded one of the highest state awards of the Russian Federation. Decree “On awarding the Order of Alexander Nevsky to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov” was signed by President Putin of Russia on 29 June 2017. President of Turkmenistan was awarded this Order “for a […]
Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan: Strategic Partnership in Action
Uzbekistan mulls participation in TAPI, agrees to joint development of Turkmen Caspian fields, transit of electricity across region Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 22 May 2017 (nCa) — It took less than 75 days for the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan strategic partnership to start delivering hugely important results. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan was in Turkmenistan, 19-20 May 2017, for […]
Turkmenistan-Belarus summit talks – 10 docs signed, wider partnership on cards
nCa Report Ashgabat, 31 March 2017 (nCa) — The summit talks between the presidents of Turkmenistan and Belarus in Ashgabat on 30 March 2017 spotlighted the huge potential for partnership and the mutual desire to tap the latent possibilities. The 10 bilateral documents signed after the summit talks represent some of the steps that would […]
Connectivity drive rejuvenates ECO
Tariq Saeedi in Karachi, Elvira Kadyrova in Ashgabat Karachi/Ashgabat, 2 March 2017 (nCa) — ECO, the regional organization that had barely been crawling since its inception, has suddenly found powerful wings – shared enthusiasm for connectivity. The theme of the 13th ECO summit, held in Islamabad on 1 March 2017, was ‘Connectivity for Regional Prosperity.’ […]
Three parties to compete in next presidential elections in Turkmenistan
Ashgabat, 15 September 2016 (nCa) — Three political parties and any number of independent groups may field their candidates for the next presidential elections in Turkmenistan, scheduled to take place in February 2017. President Berdymuhamedov, in his speech at the Elders Council meeting on Wednesday in Ashgabat said, “”the year 2017 is coming. This will […]