The delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Rashid Meredov, paid a working visit to Afghanistan to get acquainted with the practical implementation of large-scale joint energy, transport and infrastructure international projects. This was reported on December 16 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

On the occasion of the Day of Oil and Gas Industry and Geology Workers, a scientific and practical conference on the topic of «The Role of Scientific Research in the Oil and Gas Industry» was held at the Research Institute of Natural Gas (RING) of the Turkmengas State Corporation.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent heartfelt congratulations to President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the fraternal people of the country on the occasion of the Republic's Independence Day. This was reported on December 16 by TDH.

Prospects for cooperation in the field of energy and transport were discussed on December 12 at a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and a delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharib-Abadi. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

On December 12, Turkmenistan widely celebrated the International Day of Neutrality and the 29th anniversary of acquiring the status of permanent neutrality.

Possibilities of expanding trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian ties were discussed at a meeting between the Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Dunyagozel Gulmanova and the new Brazilian Ambassador Marcel Fortuna Biato (with residence in Astana), who presented his credentials, TDH reports.

The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was awarded the jubilee medal «Magtymguly Pyragynyň 300 yyllygyna» and a commemorative set dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the great poet and philosopher Magtymguly Pyragy.

Relations with neighboring countries are among the priority areas of neutral Turkmenistan's foreign policy. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking on December 9 at an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the agenda of which included issues of the country's foreign policy.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was awarded the jubilee medal of Turkmenistan «Magtymguly Pyragynyň 300 yyllygyna» («In honor of the 300th anniversary of Magtymguly Pyragy») and a set of commemorative signs. The corresponding Resolution was adopted by the Mejlis of Turkmenistan.

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

On December 7, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Ali Abadi and the Chairman of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammadreza Farzi, who arrived on a visit to our country, TDH reports.

On December 6, a meeting was held in Ashgabat between the management of the Turkmengas State Concern and a delegation from Turkey headed by Abdulvahit Fidan, Director General of BOTAŞ. The Turkmen side was led by Maksat Babayev, State Minister of Turkmenistan and Chairman of the Turkmengas State Concern.

On the occasion of the International Day of Neutrality, from November 19 till December 5, 2014, the Sports School of the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Physical Culture and Sports held an open championship of the sports school in ice hockey among teenagers born in 2010–2014.

At the reporting meeting held on December 7 in the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, the results of the industry's enterprises for eleven months of the year «The Fount of Mind of Magtymguly Pyragy» were summed up. The participants of the meeting discussed the tasks set by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov for the country's oil and gas complex at the digital meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on December 6, and also considered specific ways to further advance work in this direction.

On December 6, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, where the results of the work done for eleven months of the current year were summed up, and the priority tasks of the country's socio-economic development were discussed.