Turkmenistan builds constructive collaboration with foreign partners and contributes to ensuring global peace, security and well-being.

Dynamic development of the country’s economy continues in 2017. During the past two months, Turkmenistan preserved the GDP growth dynamics, which equaled to 6.2 per cent in January-February. The increase amounted to 7.8 per cent in agriculture; to 16.9 per cent in trade; to 14.2 in transport and communication; and to 10.3 per cent in the services sector.

Cotton planting in Ahal, Lebap and Mary provinces will start on 25 March, while in Dashoguz the works will be commenced on 29 March. According to tradition, the launch of this important campaign will be attended by community elders.

To turn the country into a blooming garden; to create forests; and ensure proper care of the planted saplings, the President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution ordering to hold the nationwide tree-planting campaign on 18 March 2017.

Ashgabat hosted the presentation of the Technical Center of agricultural equipment production from Uzbekistan of Joint Stock Society ""Uzagrotehsanoat holding"". The celebration was attended by a delegation of the neighboring country, representatives of Uzbek engineering, service and leasing companies. Among the participants there are representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Turkmenistan, the country's farmers, farmers' associations of Akhal velayat, the private sector of economy and the Agrarian Party.

In the capital's Palace ""Mekan"" was held an event dedicated to the theme of healthy lifestyle. The propaganda action was attended by representatives of ministries and departments, public organizations and mass media, student youth.

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Army General Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov chaired a meeting of the State Security Council, during which the work of military and law enforcement agencies during the first two months of this year were summed up.

Ashgabat has hosted an international conference, “Turkmenistan-UN: strategic partnership for peace and security based on mutual respect”, devoted to the 25th anniversary of our country’s membership in the United Nations Organization.

The 13ер Specialized Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), has ended at the CCI Expo Center. Regularly held in Turkmenistan, the economic forum once again demonstrated the enormous potential of Turkmen-Iranian cooperation and mutual interest of partners in expanding and deepening the trade-economic relations in a broad spectrum of trends.

Today President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov has signed Decrees on appointing senior officials in a number of ministries and agencies: