President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the celebrations held in Moscow on May 9 on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

On May 9, a solemn flower-laying ceremony was held at the Halk hakydasy Memorial Complex in the capital of Turkmenistan in tribute to the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

69 transactions were concluded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived on Wednesday on a two-day state visit to Tajikistan, following the talks, it is planned to sign a package of bilateral documents, TDH reports today.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov congratulated the people of independent Turkmenistan on the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

On Monday, the Turkmen-Tajik business forum, the first meeting of the Business Council and a joint exhibition of export goods of the two countries were held in the capital of Tajikistan. Their holding is intended to promote the further development of mutually beneficial relations between Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

On May 6, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as part of his working visit to the UK, took part in the coronation ceremony of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Charles III, and his wife, the Queen Consort Kamila.

The high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Iran in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres was noted during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between Deputy Foreign Minister Berdiniyaz Myatiev and the new Consul General of Iran in Turkmenistan (in the city of Mary) Abdolmajid Kamju. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of our country.

On Saturday, May 6, a reporting meeting was held at the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, at which the results of the work of enterprises in the industry for four months of the current year, held under the motto "The Year of Happy Youth with Arkadagly Serdar", were discussed.

In January-April 2023, the GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan remained at the level of 6.2%. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said this at a government meeting last Thursday, at which the results of the country's socio-economic development for four months of this year were discussed.

On Thursday, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on the digital system, at which the results of the work of the sectors of the national economy for four months of 2023 were summed up.

The Chinese company Sinopec has started drilling the deepest oil and gas well in Asia in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China, the Xinhua news agency reports.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the meeting of special representatives for Afghanistan, held on May 1-2 in Doha, Qatar, under the auspices of the UN Secretary General, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports. The meeting was attended by UN Secretary General António Guterres. The Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Khadzhiev.

The International Transport Forum will significantly increase the level of trade and economic partnership between Asian and European countries. This was stated in the greeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the participants of the II International Conference and Exhibition "International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development - 2023", which are held on May 3-4 in Ashgabat.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved proposals to create a Roadmap for cooperation for 2023-2024 in order to intensify partnership between Turkmenistan and the United States, as well as to strengthen the legal framework of relations and prepare a Framework Plan for organizing visits at various levels between the two countries.