Membership in the World Trade Organization as a balance of rights and obligations is the topic of an OSCE-organized online seminar held in Ashgabat on 2 September 2020.

Sowing of winter crops has started in Turkmenistan. The fields under crops will occuoy 690,000 hectares in the country, from which farmers will have to collect 1,400,000 tons of grain including 400,000 tons in Ahal, 345,000 tons in Mary, 310,000 tons on Lebap, 265,000 tons in Dashoguz and 80,000 tons in Balkan Region.

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

At the request of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Cabinet of Ministers has held a session with participation of the Vice-premiers, who are in charge of the regions of the country, agricultural, financial and economic, oil and gas, transport, trade and textile complexes as well as heads of the regions, Minister of Agriculture and Natural Protection, Chairman of the State Water Management Committee.

The General State Service of Türkmenstandartlary plans to open Cyber Security Certification Department for arrangement of work for certification of technical equipment and software, which are produced in our country or imported. This information was presented at the session of the Government on August 27.

Beneficial geographic location of Turkmenistan provides its strengthening status of important transit and transport hub of Eurasia. The potential of our country in this sphere impresses taking into account new transnational Kazakhstan – Turkmenistan – Iran railroad, Kerky – Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) railway line, railway and motor bridges across Amudarya River, super modern airports in Ashgabat, Turkmenbashy, Turkmenabat and other cities.

Representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations took part in an online meeting with the heads of the EXPO-2020 steering committee.

Report on preparation to the launch of new Halkbank Terminal mobile application for contactless payment has been presented to the Head of the State at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on August 21.

35 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

Preparation to launch new Halkbank Terminal mobile application is carried out by the State Commercial Halkbank.