The meeting of the Turkmen-Slovenian Commission for Trade-Economic Cooperation, held in Ashgabat, was attended by representatives of sectoral ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Slovenia.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 28 transactions were registered this week.

Today the cotton sowing campaign took a start in the country. Cotton growers of Akhal, Lebap and Mary velayats started the sowing campaign. A bit later - on March 29 – cultivators of Dashoguz velayat will also join them.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution on Rice Production in Turkmenistan in 2017. The document entails that it is planned to plant with rice the total area of 18 thousand 300 hectares, and ensure the production of 81 thousand 600 tons of pearl grain in Dashoguz and Lebap provinces.

Turkmenistan is preparing to present its achievements at the international specialized exposition, EXPO-2017, that will take place in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.

Avaza National Tourist Zone will host the International Conference on Transport and Logistics. The international forum is scheduled for 4-5 May of this year.

Located in geostationary orbit, Turkmenistan’s satellite, “TürkmenÄlem 52°Е”, enables to provide comprehensive communications services, including digital broadcasting, telephone communications, videoconferencing, data transmission, satellite Internet not only to customers in our country, but also to users in other countries in Central Asia, Iran, Turkey, North Africa, Europe. At present, high-capacity transponders of the satellite allow high-definition national television and radio broadcasting. Various ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan use satellite-provided services.

To unify all digital stations into a single automated communications system, Turkmen communications engineers will have to lay over 2,000 kilometers of fiber-optic and copper cables throughout the country. By now, over 1,000 kilometers of various cables have been laid in the capital to provide its residents with a modern package of services (line communications, Internet, and IP TV services).

The investment rate in Turkmenistan’s telecommunications sector grows with every passing year, this leads to an increase in numbers of telephone and cellular communications subscribers, Internet customers and communications channels, run through high-technology fiber-optic cables. The number of people living in hard-to-reach and remote areas in the regions, who will get access to information and communication technologies, is expected to increase significantly this year.

The forthcoming commissioning of the first in Turkmenistan and the largest on the territory of Central Asia Garlyk Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise means the birth of a new branch of the national economy - the mining industry with the use of the most advanced scientific and technological achievements in this field.