ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, September 25. Turkmenistan's GDP growth rate has been at the level of 6.2 percent since the beginning of this year, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov said, Trend reports.
He made the remark at a meeting of the People's Council of the country.
The head of state stressed that stable economic development is the main goal of Turkmenistan's long-term strategy, and also added that large-scale programs and transformations covering all areas of the economy are being carried out to achieve this goal.
He added that the volume of investments aimed at accelerated development of processing and manufacturing industries is systematically increasing.
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan demonstrates successful growth of its GDP, which indicates stability and diversity of economic sources of growth. A significant part of this growth is due to strategic investments in the development of key industries, such as energy, oil and gas industry and infrastructure construction.