Memorandum of Understanding between the Central Bank of Turkmenistan (CBT) and the Savings Banks Fund for International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany was signed in Berlin. The document is aimed at deepening cooperation in the field of strengthening financial system and vocational training, exchanging visits of experts and specialists.

In Ashgabat on June 27-28 there will be an exhibition-fair ""Trade and Services-2017"". Innovations in the commercial sphere, the activities of shops, markets, shopping centers, public catering and enterprises providing household services will be presented at the exhibition to be held in the exhibition center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan.

A universal exhibition ""International economic development - 2017"" will be held in Ashgabat on June 20-21. The economic review will be held in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in which dozens of Turkmen and foreign companies will take part.

Today, the International Monetary Fund has issued a 2017 Consultation Press Release for Turkmenistan.

The farmers of the Dashoguz velayat have joined the harvest of winter grain crops, which are gaining pace all over the country every day. The farmers of ""Aksaray"" Association of Gyorogly etrap have received the honorable right to start harvesting of grain. Traditionally the first wheat ears were mown by the respected aksakals, who handed over the symbolic sheaves to the combine operators.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 33 transactions were registered this week.

Large attention of the visitors of Astana EXPO 2017 is risen by experimental developments for use of non-traditional sources of energy (sun, wind) as well as issues in physics, chemistry, heat engineering, chemical and heat engineering technologies. The Gyun Institute (the Sun) was united with Physical and Mathematic Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan in 2014 and new Institute of Solar Energy under the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan was founded on their base.

Silkworm breeders of Turkmenistan have successfully met their contractual obligations, having produced some 2, 040 tons of silk cocoons.

In Turkmenistan, the start to the harvesting campaign has been given. The grain growers of Akhal, Balkan, Lebap and Mary velayats got down to the mowing and on June 14 the farmers of Dashoguz velayat will join them.

Opening the session, the Head of the State noted that according to the assessment of leading international financial structures, the world’s economy is developed slowly at present. According to the last forecast of International Monetary Fund, only 3.5 percent of growth of the global economy is expected in 2017, the Leader of the Nation has said, having highlighted that unstable situation would remain in the world’s financial markets and the growth rate would slow down in economically developed countries.