In connection with the posted content on the official website of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), the following is noted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  Company’s message has tendentious and biased nature, is considered by us as an attempt to mislead all of us, regarding to the debt repayment obligations of the Company to the Turkmen side.  In particular, the statements about the alleged violations of the contract from  State Concern «Turkmengaz», related to th...

In the last days contradictory information started to circulate in the mass media of Iran and other states concerning Turkmen-Iranian relations in the gas sphere.  Some of them allegedly state about “unexpected and inconsistent with bilateral agreement” termination of natural Turkmen gas supplies to Iran as of January 1st 2017.  On the contrary, in other publications it is noted that Iran has signed a five year contract with Turkmenistan on the supply of Turkmen gas. In this regard, the Minis...

On December 6, 2016 the heads and representatives of diplomatic missions of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, as well as the OSCE Centre, representative of the UN Development Programme and UNICEF visited an educational institution for minors in Mary province of Turkmenistan. The purpose of the visit was to familiarize with the activities of the institution, its materia...

Development of international cooperation in the field of transport is a key element of the Global Development Agenda. An obvious need for a systematic and purpose oriented partnerships in the field of transport is reflected in a number of resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, in particular, the resolution 70/197 «Towards comprehensive cooperation among all modes of transport for promoting sustainable multimodal transit corridors» of 22 December 2015, which was co-sponsored...

On 1st November 2016 the President of Turkmenistan will pay a visit to the Russian Federation.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan

Today the Parliament (Mejlis) of Turkmenistan has ratified the International Convention on Harmonization of Frontier Control of Goods and the Intergovernmental Agreement on “Dry ports”. As known, in Turkmenistan under the leadership of the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the national programs aimed at comprehensive modernization of material and technical basis of transport sphere, expansion of existing and creation of new transport and communication networks have been developed...

Today, the Parliament of Turkmenistan has ratified the Paris Agreement approved at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 and signed by Turkmenistan on 23 September 2016 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Turkmenistan being an active supporter of the prevention of negative consequences of climate change, consistently conducts numerous events aimed at reduction of green house emissions into the atmosphere. A good example of it is the National Climate Change Str...