Energy and transit and transport systems among priorities for Turkmenistan's CIS chairmanship
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Commenting on Turkmenistan's chairmanship of the organization in 2026, Sergey Lebedev, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), emphasized that the country's geographic location determines the priority of economic issues, including the development of transit and transport corridors. Sergey Lebedev made this statement at a meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS Member States, held on January 29 in Minsk under Turkmenistan's chairmanship.
Sergey Lebedev also named energy among the key areas of the Concept for Turkmenistan's CIS Presidency in 2026, noting Turkmenistan's role as an important supplier of oil and gas.
Speaking at the event, Nazarguly Shagulyev, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belarus, noted that the country's chairmanship of the CIS is viewed as a continuation of its foreign policy based on the principles of permanent neutrality, good-neighborliness, and equal partnership.
As part of its chairmanship, Turkmenistan will host the CIS Heads of State Summit, which will take place on October 9, 2026, in the Avaza National Tourist Zone on the Caspian coast. This was reported on the website turkmennebit.gov.tm.
Transactions for the export of LNG and jet fuel were entered at exchange trading
On Monday, August 22, 12 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of $5.4 million, the ORIENT news agency reported.
It is planned to increase hydrocarbon production in Balkan region
In the Balkan region, a key region in the oil and gas sector of Turkmenistan, it is planned to increase natural gas production to 11 billion cubic meters per year by 2025. The head of the Department for Analysis of Economic Risks of the Agency for Protection from Economic Risks under the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, Hangeldi Gurbangeldiev, said this in a commentary for the official Turkmen press.
Modern Information and Analytical Center for sustainable energy development has been opened in Turkmenistan
Today, March 26, the grand opening of the Information and Analytical Center was held at the Natural Gas Research Institute of the State Concern "Turkmengas". The center is equipped with the latest IT equipment purchased with the support of the European Union project "Green Development of Turkmenistan: Policy Dialogue and Climate Action for 2024-2028", funded by the European Union and the German Foreign Ministry and implemented by GIZ.
Hero-Arkadag and Recep Erdogan noted the rapid development of bilateral cooperation
On Sunday, March 30, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, TDH reports.
