International experiences on implementing digital technologies in the water industry was the focus of an OSCE-organized online seminar held on August 10- 11, 2021 in Ashgabat. The seminar brought together the representatives from the State Committee of Water Economy of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna and other relevant ministries and agencies. The event was facilitated by two international experts fr...

The 42-year-old famous football specialist Akhmed Agamuradov will prepare the youth national team of Turkmenistan (under 23) for the qualifying tournament for the 2022 Asia Cup, the matches of which will be held from 23 to 31 October 2021 in Jordan. Our correspondent was informed about this by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. According to the draw held earlier, the rivals of the youth national team of Turkmenistan in the qualifying group "F" will be the teams of Palestine and Jordan. ...

Today, on the 10th of August, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Dmitry Shlapachenko, who has arrived to Turkmenistan, was held. After warmly greetings to each other, the parties underlined the efficiency of collaboration of Turkmenistan with the United Nations and its specialized agencies which touches practically all areas of life. The head of the MFA of Turkmenistan reiterated the as...

On the 10th of August 2021, a meeting took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the UNDP Resident Representative a.i. in Turkmenistan Natia Natsvlishvili, who is completing her mission in Turkmenistan. During the meeting, the parties noted with consent the constructiveness of partnership of the Government of Turkmenistan with the UN Development Programme that has started back in 1995. Analyzing the joint achievements in the past years, as well as vi...

On August 10, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates Ahmed Alhai Hamad Khamis Al-Hameli. During the talk, R.Meredov congratulated the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates with the appointment to this responsible position and wished him success in the diplomatic assignment. The parties considered the important aspects of cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-e...

Turkmenistan is the largest gas power, where population at large uses network or pipeline natural gas. The Law of Turkmenistan "On Hydrocarbon Gas and Gas Supply" defines the principles of the state policy in the gas sector and gas supply, one of which is to increase the gas infrastructure development on the territory of Turkmenistan, based on the national gasification programme. The main gas supply system in the country is the unified gas supply system for domestic consumers. As part of the...

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2021, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted worldwide every year. This has significant negative consequences from an environmental and socio-economic point of view. Experts estimate that 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with unused food. Currently, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need to reduce food waste is becoming more and more urgent. If we are to seriously tackle food waste, w...