Digitalization has been high on President Berdimuhamedov’s agenda since late 2018, when he adopted the Concept of the Development of Digital Economy in Turkmenistan for 2019-2025.
In February 2021, the document was supplemented by the new State Program on the Development of the Digital Economy of Turkmenistan for 2021-2025. Berdimuhamedov senior presents digitalization as a matter of safeguarding national sovereignty.