The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov has completed work on a book about the outstanding poet and philosopher Magtymguly Pyragi. The head of state announced this at an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council held last Friday.

Topical aspects of the Turkmen-Chinese partnership were discussed on December 26 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan at a meeting between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Serdar Muhammetdurdyev and Deputy Head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Chen Zhou. This was reported by the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov left for a working visit to the Russian Federation on December 25 to take part in the informal CIS Heads of State Summit, traditionally held on the eve of the New Year, TDH reports.

On December 25, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov discussed economic and cultural cooperation between St. Petersburg and Turkmenistan during a brief conversation.

On Tuesday, December 24, petrochemical, light industry products and construction materials were sold during the trades on the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved proposals on strengthening cooperation between our country and Japan, which were voiced at a recent joint meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen Committees on Economic Cooperation.

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

On December 21, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, the agenda of which included a number of issues of state life.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov highly appreciated the results of the official visit to Malaysia and the talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Following the official visit of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Malaysia on December 18-19 and talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, a Joint Statement and a package of documents were signed, TDH reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov visited the headquarters of Petronas, the country's largest oil and gas company, during his official visit to Malaysia on December 18-19. During the meeting, the head of Turkmenistan discussed with the company's management priority areas of bilateral cooperation, the current state and prospects of partnership between Turkmenistan and Petronas in the energy sector, TDH reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in Malaysia on December 18 on an official visit, TDH reports.

On December 16, the joint fifteenth meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen Committees on Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat at the Yildiz Hotel.

On December 16, the Turkmen-American Business Forum was held in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, during which issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed, and plans for the near future were outlined.