The results of the work done in the first quarter of this year demonstrate the successful implementation of the adopted programs. During the reporting period, there was a steady growth of GDP, amounting to 6.3%. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said this at a government meeting held on April 6 via the digital system.

On April 6, 2024, in the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, a presentation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov’s book Änew – müňýyllyklardan gözbaş alýan medeniýet (“Anew – Culture from the Depths of Millennia”) took place.

Turkmenistan welcomes the expansion of effective interaction with US companies and is ready to consider specific proposals for cooperation. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov said this at a meeting on April 4 with the executive director of the Turkmenistan-US Business Council Eric Stewart, TDH reports.

Opportunities for intensifying cooperation in the fields of trade, fuel and energy complex, transport, and agriculture were discussed during the Turkmen-Tajik business forum held in Dushanbe as part of the official visit of the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Tajikistan, TDH reports.

The head of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan proposed that Tajikistan establish the export of Turkmen electricity and natural gas through Uzbekistan and increase the export of petroleum products, TDH reports.

Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon at negotiations on Thursday agreed to give a qualitatively new impetus to interstate relations in various directions, TDH reports.

The Chinese company SANY has supplied 25 dump trucks to Turkmenistan to support infrastructure, according to the company’s website. “SANY is pleased to announce the successful delivery of 25 units of SYZ320C-8Y dump trucks to Turkmenistan in March,” the company’s website says.

Today, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Tajikistan, TDH reported on April 4.

Preparations for the Turkmen Energy Investment Forum TEIF-2024, which will take place on April 24-25 in Paris, are in full swing, the press service of the Turkmen Forum reports.

Turkmenistan was represented at the global methane conference held on March 18-21 in Geneva (Switzerland). The country's delegation included representatives of a number of ministries and departments, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, as well as the State Concern «Turkmengas», according to the official press.

Chairman of the Board of the main gas company of Kazakhstan JSC NC «QazaqGaz» Sanzhar Zharkeshov arrived on a visit to Ashgabat, the company reports.

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

The action plan of the Interdepartmental Commission of Turkmenistan on Caspian Sea Issues for 2024 was discussed on April 1 at the 61st meeting of the commission, the country’s Foreign Ministry reports.

Various areas of interstate cooperation were discussed at a meeting between Ambassador of Turkmenistan Atajan Movlamov and President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, held on April 1 at the Ivan-e-Sadr presidential palace, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The results of the Olympiad, organized by the Balkan region council of the youth organization of Turkmenistan named after Magtymguly together with the Balkanabat branch of the International University of Oil and Gas named after Yagshygeldi Kakaev, the Balkan Medical School, the Balkanabat Petroleum Secondary Vocational School of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» of Turkmenistan and the Special School of Arts of the Balkan region, were recently summed up.