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

A gas summit is planned to be held in Istanbul on February 14-15 with the participation of representatives of countries exporting «blue» fuel from Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Fatih Donmez, Anadolu agency reports.

The international roadshow to attract foreign investment in the energy sector of Turkmenistan will be held on April 26-27, 2023 in Dubai, UAE. The main organizers of the Roadshow are the State Concerns "Turkmengas" and "Turkmennebit", as well as the State Corporation "Turkmengeology" in partnership with the ES "Turkmen Forum" with the support of the British company GaffneyCline.

Representatives of the Maritime and River Transport Agency of Turkmenistan held video conference talks with Dragon Oil (UAE) last week, during which issues of further expansion of cooperation were discussed. This is reported by the website of the Agency «Turkmendenizderyayollary».

Last Thursday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who was on a working trip to the Mary region, held an off-site meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers there, at which Actual issues of state policy and projects of a number of important documents.

Uzbek holding corporation Uzbekneftegaz and Petronas Charigali (Turkmenistan) SDN BHD are working on a program for supplying Turkmen oil to Uzbekistan in 2023, according to the Uzbek edition of Newshub.uz.

The position of Turkmenistan on priority areas of cooperation within the framework of the ECO, as well as proposals for a further strategy for the development of the ECO, was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov in Tashkent during the 26th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (CMFA) of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

Discussion of the provisions of the draft Agreement between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the delimitation of the bottom of the Caspian Sea took place during a two-day meeting of the joint working group, the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reports.

India, which is chairing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2023, invited the foreign ministers of the member countries of the Organization to a meeting scheduled for May 4-5 in Goa.

In January-December 2022 exported natural gas from Turkmenistan to China worth $10 billion 250 million US dollars, which is 51% higher than the same period last year. This was reported by the TASS news agency with reference to the Main Customs Department of the People's Republic of China.

Within the framework of the Turkmen-Russian business forum held in Ashgabat on January 19-20, negotiations were held between the delegations of the State Concerns «Turkmengas», «Turkmennebit», the State Corporation «Turkmengeology» and the Russian holding company «Rosgeologiya» (Rosgeo). The result was an agreement that Russian specialists would provide technological assistance in the exploration and development of Turkmen deposits of hydrocarbons and minerals.

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

Hero of Turkmenistan, Honorary Elder of the people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is officially recognized as the national leader Turkmen people. The Constitutional Law of Turkmenistan “On the National Leader of the Turkmen People” was adopted following the results of the joint meeting of Milli Gengesh chambers held on Saturday in Ashgabat and representatives of the public.

Until 2028, the state will invest more than 278 billion US dollars to realize the production potential and develop the social sphere of Turkmenistan. This was stated by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking on Saturday at a joint meeting of the Milli Gengesh, at which he was assigned the status of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, and he was elected Chairman of the country's supreme body of people's power – the Halk Maslakhaty.

Decision on the creation of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan – the highest representative body of the people's power – was adopted at the joint last Saturday in Ashgabat Meeting of Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan chaired by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the participation of representatives of the public.