Yesterday, a reporting meeting was held in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, at which the results of the work of enterprises in the industry for January-May of this year, held under the motto «Epoch of people with Arkadag», were discussed.

Last Saturday, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held an expanded joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Security Council, at which the results of the work of the sectors of the national economy for January-May 2022 were summed up.

As a result of the purposeful work of the government and the people in January-May, a high GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan was maintained at the level of 6.2 %. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an enlarged joint meeting of the government and the State Security Council held last Saturday.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will pay an official visit to Russia this week, during which he will hold talks with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. This is reported by Russian news agencies.

The urgency of the project of transporting Turkmen gas through Iranian territory to Azerbaijan was emphasized during the talks by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev and Iranian Oil Minister Javad Ovji, AZERTAC news agency reports citing the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan.

World oil prices fell slightly on Friday morning, remaining above $117 per barrel. This is evidenced by the auction data, the Azerbaijani news agency Report reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who left for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, visited the spiritual capital of the Muslim world, the city of Mecca. One of the goals of the Turkmen leader's first foreign visit is to perform the rite of Umra Hajj (small pilgrimage), the State News Agency of Turkmenistan writes.

On Tuesday, May 31, 5 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of 11.4 million US dollars and 11.1 million Turkmen manats, ORIENT reports.

The spot price of gas in Europe has exceeded $1,000 per thousand cubic meters amid the failed generation of wind farms, as well as the refusal of the Netherlands and Denmark from the new payment system for Russian gas and the cessation of its supply to these buyers, Interfax reports.

The next meeting on Afghanistan of special representatives and special envoys of the countries of Central Asia and the EU was held on May 31 in Almaty, during which international and regional efforts for a peaceful resolution of the Afghan crisis were discussed, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

Oil prices rise on Tuesday morning on the news that the leaders of the countries of the European Union have agreed on a partial ban on the import of Russian oil, Interfax reports.

These days, the departments for the overhaul of wells of the trust «Nebitgazduypliabatlayysh» of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» increase the pace of work. This is evidenced by the results of work performed in January-April of the current year on the repair and commissioning of wells that have reduced or ceased their productivity.

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

Preparations for the Sixth Caspian summit, which is scheduled to take place in Turkmenistan, were discussed at the fourth meeting of the High Level Working Group on the Caspian Sea, held in Tehran last week. This was reported on Saturday by the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.

Last Friday, Mary city hosted an international conference dedicated to the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and the impact of the project on the socio-economic development of the region, ORIENT reports with reference to the organizers of the forum.