On Monday, the Turkmen-Tajik business forum, the first meeting of the Business Council and a joint exhibition of export goods of the two countries were held in the capital of Tajikistan. Their holding is intended to promote the further development of mutually beneficial relations between Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

On May 6, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as part of his working visit to the UK, took part in the coronation ceremony of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Charles III, and his wife, the Queen Consort Kamila.

The high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Iran in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres was noted during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan between Deputy Foreign Minister Berdiniyaz Myatiev and the new Consul General of Iran in Turkmenistan (in the city of Mary) Abdolmajid Kamju. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of our country.

On Saturday, May 6, a reporting meeting was held at the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, at which the results of the work of enterprises in the industry for four months of the current year, held under the motto "The Year of Happy Youth with Arkadagly Serdar", were discussed.

In January-April 2023, the GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan remained at the level of 6.2%. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said this at a government meeting last Thursday, at which the results of the country's socio-economic development for four months of this year were discussed.

On Thursday, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on the digital system, at which the results of the work of the sectors of the national economy for four months of 2023 were summed up.

The Chinese company Sinopec has started drilling the deepest oil and gas well in Asia in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China, the Xinhua news agency reports.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the meeting of special representatives for Afghanistan, held on May 1-2 in Doha, Qatar, under the auspices of the UN Secretary General, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports. The meeting was attended by UN Secretary General António Guterres. The Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Khadzhiev.

The International Transport Forum will significantly increase the level of trade and economic partnership between Asian and European countries. This was stated in the greeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the participants of the II International Conference and Exhibition "International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development - 2023", which are held on May 3-4 in Ashgabat.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved proposals to create a Roadmap for cooperation for 2023-2024 in order to intensify partnership between Turkmenistan and the United States, as well as to strengthen the legal framework of relations and prepare a Framework Plan for organizing visits at various levels between the two countries.

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

Issues related to the current work and the plan for the next year were discussed at the 28th meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the operation of the gas pipeline "Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China”, which was held in Samarkand, the press service of Uzbekneftegaz JSC reported.

The issues of holding the Turkmen-German economic forum in Germany in October 2023 were discussed during the working visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to Germany on April 25–28. This was announced by the Vice-Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov during a working meeting held by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on a digital system last Monday.

The President of Turkmenistan creates all conditions for providing the fuel and energy complex with modern equipment and technical means in order to accelerate the development of oil and gas fields in the country, the drilling and construction of new wells.

In Turkmenistan, much attention is paid to the development of sports and mass physical culture, the professional training and comprehensive development of young athletes and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Based on this, this year, which is being held under the motto “Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar”, competitions in various sports are regularly held.