The High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support within the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation held the eighth meeting in the format of a videoconference.

Important agricultural campaign – the cotton sowing, has been started in the country. According to the schedule approved by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on March 19, cotton producers of Ahal, Balkan, Lebap and Mary Regions have started sowing as of today, farmers of Dashoguz Region would join them on March 31.

The delegation of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan took part in the VIII Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, organized under the auspices of ESCAP.

34 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange last week. 

Information about preparation to the cotton sowing has been presented at the session of the Government on March 19. It was noted that necessary works are carried out in the regions at present for organized start of the sowing including preparation of seeds. Planned works are carried out at the fields allocated for this crop.

Exhibition and conference of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which are traditionally timed to the day of formation of this big structure, which unites around 26,000 representatives of domestic private business, have started working in Turkmen capital.

Representatives of the Ministry of Finances and Economy have participated in the regional forum for sustainable development under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE), which was held in video conference format. The goal of the meeting was to discuss work on 2030 Agenda performed by this structure in the region and success achieved in this sphere.

32 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

The ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan and JCB Sales Limited took place at the Ministry of Finance and Economy.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the exhibition held within the framework of the CIS-30 International Economic Forum of the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States online.