Power engineers from Turkmenistan are working on increasing power supply to Afghanistan.

Specific directions of the intensification of the production, industrialization of national economy for the improvement of its profitability and export capabilities are defined in adopted programme of the President of Turkmenistan on social and economic development of the country in 2018 – 2024. The Head of the State notes that special role belongs to Balkan velayat where the projects in petroleum and chemical industry based on modern technologies of the processing of natural resources, increase of the production of oil products, which are on high demand in the market, are carried out these days.

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 38 transactions were registered.

The 22nd International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2017” (OGT-2017) has been opened in an Exhibition Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The forum was organized by the State Concern “Turkmennebit” and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the country.

The agenda of interstate cooperation includes realization of projects in energy sphere and Turkmenistan is willing to review in details existing capabilities. New energy facilities built in Lebap and Mary Velayats allow increasing several times the volumes of energy supplied toward Afghanistan and if Tajik side would express the interest to supply the energy via Afghanistan to Tajikistan during autumn and winter period, Turkmen leader noted.

The transport sphere today ranks among the priority areas of the Turkmen-Tajik cooperation. As is known, the construction of the Asian international railway corridor – Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan has been launched in accordance with the top-level agreements achieved in March, 2013.

Turkmenistan industrial sector of the economy for 10 months of this year demonstrates a steady growth in production indicators.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed the leadership of the Turkmen agro-industrial complex go into the issue on exporting agricultural products. The Head of the state said about it at a government meeting dedicated to the results of 10 months of 2017.

GDP of Turkmenistan for 10 months of 2017 has increased by 6.4 percent. In industry this figure made up 3.9 percent, construction – 2.9 percent, transport and communication sector – 11.1 percent, trade – 9.8 percent, agriculture – 4.9 percent and in the service sector – 9.7 percent.

Research-to practice conference timed to 24th anniversary of the introduction of the national currency – manat conducted in the conference hall of the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Development.