On October 23, 2018, at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum, entitled “Investing in Sustainable Development”, UNCTAD, together with the International Olympic Committee, organized a session “Investing in sports for the benefit of achieving the SDGs” at UN Headquarters in Geneva. The session was attended by the Director General of the UN Office at Geneva, Michael Möller, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch, eminent athletes, private investors, UN agenc...

From October 22 to October 26, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan composed of representatives of a number of ministries and departments of our country participated in the World Investment Forum (WIF-2018) in Geneva organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The World Investment Forum is the leading global platform for investment and development, which is held every two years. On the first day of the Forum entitled “Investing in Sustainable Development”, Turkmenistan...

On October 22-23, 2018, the delegation of Turkmenistan paid a working visit to Tokyo, capital of Japan.    During the visit, the delegation had a meeting with the head and members of Turkmen-Japanese committee on economic cooperation. In the course of visit, the delegation of Turkmenistan was received by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Moreover, there were bilateral meetings between the heads of foreign ministries, parliaments, and energy, transport, trade and economy sectors of the tw...

On October 17, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of the polymer plant in Kiyanly, the commissioning of which allowed creating about 1,000 jobs, then launched the autumn greening campaign, planting the first tree next to the territory of the new gas-chemical complex. Representatives of practically all sectors of the national economy, foreign guests, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Turkmenistan joined the initiative of t...

On October 17, 2018, in the morning, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived in the village of Kiyanly to attend the opening ceremony of the polymer plant, the region’s largest gas-chemical complex for the production of polyethylene and polypropylene. Among the participants and guests of this celebration are members of the government, deputies of the Mejlis, heads of ministries and sectoral departments, public organizations, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, mission...

On October 17, 2018, at the opening ceremony of the gas chemical complex in Kiyanly, certificates were handed over confirming the efficiency, innovation and environmental safety of the new production. The company will annually process 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, from which 386 thousand tons of high-density polyethylene and 81 thousand tons of polypropylene will be produced. Special attention at this enterprise, which operates on the basis of innovative technologies, is paid to the...

On October 17, 2018, a solemn opening ceremony of the Gyyanly Polymer plant with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is planned in the district of Turkmenbashi in Balkan velayat.    The launch of this enourmous enterprise which is equipped with latest technology and has productivity around 386 thousand tons per year of polyethylene and 81 thousand tons per year of polypropylene, will satisfy requests on the world market in oil and gas sector, also will inc...