BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Currency transactions procedure will be revised in Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to Business Turkmenistan information portal.
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave corresponding instructions to Deputy Prime Minister Gadyrgeldi Mushshikov and Chairman of the country's Central Bank Merdan Annadurdiev during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers which was held via videoconference.
The president also ordered to prepare a draft of the relevant government decree. All foreign currency earnings of enterprises, organizations and private firms exporting products should be transferred to State Stabilization Fund, said the head of state.
He added that the compensation for these funds should be paid in national currency.
Berdimuhamedov also stated that converting funds of enterprises and organizations in national currency into foreign currency is an important task. In this regard, the deputy prime minister was entrusted to complete the work within three days.
During the meeting, the president signed a resolution on the preparation of the draft state budget draft for 2021, in which special attention should be paid to social issues, increasing wages and expenditures on education and health care.
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