The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov called on the active participation of the Non-Aligned States in the formation of the global energy security system. The head of Turkmenistan stated this at the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to combat COVID-19, held on Thursday in the capital of Azerbaijan.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, as part of the C5 + 1 meeting in Astana, held bilateral talks with colleagues from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country.

Speaking at the meeting of the heads of foreign affairs agencies of the Central Asian countries and the United States in the C5 + 1 format, Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov focused on the need to intensify energy and transport cooperation in the region of Central Asia and the Caspian basin. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

In 2022, Azerbaijan imported over 857 million cubic meters of Turkmen natural gas. This was reported by the Interfax-Azerbaijan agency with reference to the Azerbaijani government.

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

From the first days of 2023, proclaimed the “Year of Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar”, the workers of the “Lebapgazchykarysh” department of the State Concern “Turkmengas” have been diligently working to increase the production of “blue fuel”.

The President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution aimed at improving the efficiency of state control over the storage and rational use of petroleum products.

In order to improve the efficiency of the use of petroleum products, Turkmenistan takes effective measures to control their consumption. Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Ashirguly Begliev reported on the ongoing work on the rational use of energy resources.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its new monthly report revised upwards global oil demand for 2023. The forecast is based on market activity in January 2023.

From Monday to Wednesday, February 20-22, 10 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of $38.1 million, ORIENT reports.

On Wednesday, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa held talks in Manama, as TDH reports.

Today, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will meet with the King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, TDH reports. The head of the Turkmen state arrived on an official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain the evening before.

The first production well in 2023, No. 1.321, was built by the subsoil miners of the Nebitdag Drilling Department «Nebitdagburavish» of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» and handed over to the oil and gas production department fishers for subsequent development, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.

Liquefied gas supplied from Turkmenistan on a gratuitous basis in Uzbekistan began to be distributed to low-income residents. This was reported to Gazeta.uz with reference to the press service of the Khududgaztaminot company.

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