With the support of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) seven acts are planned to support the development of the use of renewable energy sources (RES) in Turkmenistan, UNDP told Trend.

Turkmenistan plans to transform some state enterprises of its Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations into open joint stock companies, the Vice Premier Chary Gylyjov reported to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during an online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers system on Friday, the country’s official media reports, Trend reports citing Business Turkmenistan.

Russian embassy in Turkmenistan organized charter flight from Turkmenabat to Moscow on August 20, Trend reports with reference to Turkmen media.

Today, on August 21, a solemn ceremony of presenting state awards to the country’s medalist in the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokio Polina Guryeva was held in the Martial Arts Sports Complex of the Olympic town of Ashgabat in participation of the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Honored Coach of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

The international rating agency “Fitch Ratings” assigned the following ratings to Turkmenistan: short-term rating on the level “B” and the long-term rating on the level “B+ stable” which proves the stable development of the national economy of Turkmenistan.

A total of over 170,216 tons of cargo from Turkmenistan have been transshipped via the Turkish ports in the first half of 2021, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend.

Georgia imported from Turkmenistan different products for the total amount of $410,700 from January through April, 2021, the Georgian Agriculture Ministry told Trend.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to Turkmenistan Matthew S. Klimow on August 15, 2021, Trend reports citing MFA of Turkmenistan.

The main Turkmen sectors that were in scope of Austrian interest from January through April 2021 were logistics and transport, consulting, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs of Austria told Trend.

The expected growth of retail trade turnover of Turkmenistan will be 17.5 percent from January through July 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, Trend reports with reference to the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.