Last Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is on leave, held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, at which the reports of the Vice-Chairmen on the results of work for January-July of this year were heard and the priority tasks of the country’s socio-economic development were considered.

In January-July 2023, the GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan amounted to 6.2%. Information about this was announced at a government meeting held last Friday on a digital system.

The presence of broad opportunities for establishing mutually beneficial Turkmen-Palestinian economic relations was noted at a meeting on Thursday between Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine and Affairs of Palestinians Living Abroad Riyad al-Maliki, TDH reports.

In the central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, negotiations were held between the leadership of the State Concern “Turkmengas” and the delegation of the Republic of Iraq, who visited Turkmenistan. The Iraqi delegation was led by Deputy Energy Minister Adil Karim Kak Ahmed and Deputy Oil Minister Ezat Sabir Esmail.

The Turkmen-Malaysian inter-MFA consultations were held online at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on Wednesday. Diplomats discussed a wide range of issues of multilateral and bilateral cooperation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, energy and humanitarian fields, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Football teams sponsored by Turkmen oil and gas companies successfully perform not only in national but also in international competitions. This is clearly evidenced by the fact that the football team “Merv”, sponsored by the State Concern “Turkmengas”, successfully passed the qualifying matches and entered the group stage of the AFC Cup.

Turkmenistan was represented at the business forum “Business Opportunities in the Central Asian Region”, which was organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country.

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

The volume of supplies of Turkmen natural gas to China in January-July 2023 increased by about 10%, foreign media report citing data from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China.

In order to establish trade and economic cooperation with Uzbek partners, representatives of the State Concern “Turkmengas” visited the enterprise LLC “Technopark” in Tashkent.

Last Sunday, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid a working visit to Hungary at the invitation of the Prime Minister of this country Viktor Orban on the occasion of the celebration of the founding of the Hungarian State and the World Championships in Athletics.

Hungary highly appreciates the energy policy pursued by Turkmenistan, based on the principles of diversification and equal cooperation, and is ready to develop cooperation in this direction, TDH reports.

One of the most important events of the ending week was the preliminary round of the AFC Cup-2023/24 in the Central Zone, which was held in the city of Mary at the overcrowded Sports Toplumy stadium, which seats 10,000 spectators.

Products of the oil and gas industry, which are in great demand on the world market, are exported through the polypropylene terminal of the Turkmenbashi International Seaport, located on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea.

The Merchant Marine Fleet of Turkmenistan offers services of filling up with diesel fuel to foreign vessels coming at the International Sea Port of Turkmenbashi. This is reported on the website of the Fleet.