On October 19, 2018, there was a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with Mr. Issa Ismail Rifae, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Turkmenistan (with residence in Ankara), who has arrived in Ashgabat to present his credentials.          At the beginning of meeting new Ambassador of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Turkmenistan presented the copies of his credentials. Turkmen side congratulated the Ambassador with new appointmen...

On October 16-18, 2018, the sixth meeting of the Turkmen-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic cooperation was held in the central building of the oil and gas complex. A representative delegation headed by the Minister of Commerce and Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the work of the commission. The delegations included the heads and representatives of leading sectoral ministries and departments of bot...

On 17 and 18 October 2018, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise aimed at strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks to critical energy infrastructure.  The exercise was held as part of the OSCE’s efforts to advance the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2341 (2017) on the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks, and is the eighth national...

On October 17, 2018, at the opening ceremony of the gas chemical complex in Kiyanly, certificates were handed over confirming the efficiency, innovation and environmental safety of the new production. The company will annually process 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, from which 386 thousand tons of high-density polyethylene and 81 thousand tons of polypropylene will be produced. Special attention at this enterprise, which operates on the basis of innovative technologies, is paid to the...

On October 17, 2018, in the morning, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived in the village of Kiyanly to attend the opening ceremony of the polymer plant, the region’s largest gas-chemical complex for the production of polyethylene and polypropylene. Among the participants and guests of this celebration are members of the government, deputies of the Mejlis, heads of ministries and sectoral departments, public organizations, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, mission...

On October 17, 2018, a solemn opening ceremony of the Gyyanly Polymer plant with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is planned in the district of Turkmenbashi in Balkan velayat.    The launch of this enourmous enterprise which is equipped with latest technology and has productivity around 386 thousand tons per year of polyethylene and 81 thousand tons per year of polypropylene, will satisfy requests on the world market in oil and gas sector, also will inc...

On October 15, 2018, there was a telephone conversation between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Partners have underlined that Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan have achieved qualitatively new level of cooperation while discussing priority issues of interstate cooperation. It was noted that both parties have considerable potential for further developing effective cooperation in various sectors of the...