Turkmenistan News News Turkmenistan » Security: Galkynysh: Turkmenistan’s giant gas field and the new energy frontier
By Ben Aris in Ashgabat Turkmenistan’s Galkynysh gas field is again centre stage. Ministers, company chiefs and international oil companioes converged on Ashgabat with a single proposition: gas ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan’s TAPI gas pipeline takes off
By Ben Aris in Ashgabat The idea for the 1,800km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project has existed since Turkmenistan became independent three decades ago. And ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan let gas deal with Russia lapse ahead of Iraq supply agreement: report
Turkmenistan quietly ended its long term gas supply contract with Russian state controlled gas giant Gazprom this past summer while preparing to ink a larger supply deal with Iraq. Russian state news ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan highlights TAPI pipeline as key driver of regional integration
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News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan, Iraq sign MoU on Energy Sector
By John Lee. The fourth round of political consultations between the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Turkmenistan was held on Monday, 20 October 2025, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan’s leader fires his longtime security chief
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: President of Turkmenistan reshuffles security officials
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The president of Turkmenistan has reshuffled senior security officials amid continued tension in neighboring Afghanistan. State media reported Wednesday that Guichgelgy ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan and CTBTO discuss global security and nuclear non-proliferation
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, October 14. The Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN in Vienna, Ambassador Hemra Ammannazarov, met with Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan cooperates with Turkey in cyber security
A cyber security seminar, organized by Turkey's STM Cyber company, was held at the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan (UIET), Trend reports with reference to UIET. The event was ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan, Italy sign package of documents after business forum
Memoranda on mutual understanding were signed between the Turkmen Textile Industry Ministry and four Italian companies, namely Marzoli Machines Textile S.M.L., Itema S.p.A., MCS dyeing & finishing ...
News Turkmenistan » Security: Turkmenistan: Sowing the seeds
The trans-Afghan TAPI natural gas pipeline is the Groundhog Day of infrastructure projects. Over and again, officials from some or all of the countries involved — which is to say Turkmenistan, ...