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Turkmenistan

Turkmen president pardons seven Kazakh citizens
18.02.2013
Cental Asia|Culture & Living|Turkmenistan

The Turkmen president has pardoned seven citizens of Kazakhstan. This was stated by the official representative of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, Zhanbolat Usenov on Monday.

"As a result of direct talks with the leaders of Turkmenistan, as well as efforts of the Kazakh Embassy in Ashgabat, the Kazakh citizens were pardoned and released by decree of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, dating February 15, 2013," Usenov said.

Turkmenistan, UAE sign intergovernmental agreement on standardization
18.02.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

The Government of Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of standardization, metrology, certification and accreditation in Ashgabat, an official Turkmen source said.

In November 2012, the Turkmen President approved the project "Order of certification of products imported from foreign countries".

Certification is carried out by the large state service "Turkmenstandartlari", which is a member of the International Organization for Standardization since 1993.

Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Iran railway to open by this summer - Ambassador
12.02.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Iran railway should open in the spring, by the summer of this year, Ambassador of Iran in Astana Gorban Seifi told Trend.

"Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Iran railway should open in the next few months in the spring, by the summer of this year," - said Seifi at the diplomatic reception on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which took place on Monday in the capital of Kazakhstan.

According to him, with the commissioning of the railway the trade turnover between the two countries will seriously increase.

UK set to supply dump cars to Turkmenistan
12.02.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

The Turkmennebitgazgurlushyk state concern (Turkmenneftegazstroy) plans to conclude a contract with British Stock Plaza LLP which will be self-funded, an official Turkmen source said today.

The deal was approved under the president's special order. The matter rests in buying 80 four-axle dump cars to ensure uninterrupted construction of facilities by using inert materials.

Stock Plaza LLP last year completed a number of orders to supply several carriages designed for transporting cement and fertilisers, grain, cement and mineral products, as well as self-unloading carriages.

Turkmenistan adopts list of measurement units approved for use
04.02.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov signed a decree adopting a list of measurement units, approved for use, an official Turkmen source said on Saturday.

In accordance with the decision adopted by the General Conference on Weights and Measures, seven measurement units - length, mass, time, electric current, thermodynamic temperature, amount of substance and luminous intensity serve as a basis for the remaining units.

The document was signed in accordance with national law "On ensuring the uniformity of measurements".

Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan warned about responsibility for break of lines of international communication
23.01.2013
Cental Asia|Science & Technology|Turkmenistan

State-owned Turkmen Telecom under the Ministry of Communications reiterated the risk of breakage of cable lines of "national economic and international importance" on Wednesday.

"Damage to communication cables disturb the good functioning of the network, damage the defense and security of the country, the production of business entities and the interests of citizens," the Ministry of Communications said.

Turkmenistan to complete North-South railway construction independently
18.01.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a number of documents for the railway industry which in particular concerns the North-South major regional project, an official Turkmen source said today.

In particular resolutions on the 'Completion of the Bereket Etrek construction site of the Gyzylgaya-Bereket-Etrek railway' and 'Construction of the locomotive depot at the Bereket station' were signed.

This route is part of a larger project which is being implemented by Turkmenistan together with Iran and Kazakhstan. The intergovernmental agreement on the project was signed in 2007.

Turkish company to implement major infrastructure project in Turkmenistan
18.01.2013
Cental Asia|Public Policy & Politics|Turkmenistan

The State National Service Turkmenistan Airlines (Turkmenistan Hava Yolları) has entrusted the building of an international airport with a capacity of 1600 passengers per hour in Ashgabat by August 2016 to the Turkish company Polimeks, the official Turkmen source said.

Implementation of the project worth about $2.2 billion will start in January 2013.

Turkmen GDP ups by 11.1 per cent in 2012
14.01.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan ensured a stable growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2012. It hit 11.1 percent compared to the same period of last year, the Turkmen media reported on Saturday citing the date voiced at the government meeting.

The investment volume in various sectors of the economy increased up to 138 percent.
"We consistently support the growth of the gross domestic product," Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said. "The growth rate during its reporting period amounted to 11.1 percent."

Facilities worth $ 5 bln built in Turkmenistan in 2012
14.01.2013
Business & Economics|Cental Asia|Turkmenistan

Despite the global crisis, Turkmenistan did not exclude any construction project from the adopted program, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a government meeting on Saturday.

"Despite some difficulties caused by the global financial and economic crisis, we did not exclude any construction facility from the adopted program," the Turkmen president said. "We did not reduce any programs to resolve social and domestic problems."

He added that some 397 large facilities worth over $ 5 billion were commissioned in 2012.