During video conference session on December 3, the President of Turkmenistan focused on the objective of the trade complex on reduction of import and saturation of the markets of the country with various goods of local make and by affordable price.

Having noted that trade plays the main role in development of the economy of the country and in its international economic relations and is the indicator of the level of wealth of the population, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted the necessity of further dynamic development of the sphere especially in the conditions of the transit to market relations, having given specific instructions to the Minister. Provision of the markets of the country with necessary volume of goods, regulation of import and export in foreign trade, systematic monitoring of the foreign market situation for the formation of flexible export policy taking into account regional and global tendencies have been outlined among utmost objectives.

Separate instructions have been given on improvement of work of the ministry, introduction of new, modern and actual methods as well as on development of the system of training of qualified personnel for trade and economic sphere.