Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan Alexander Blokhin drew attention to the similarity of Moscow's and Ashgabat's assessments of the situation in Afghanistan, speaking on Monday at a briefing on the results of the 15th summit of the heads of state of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which was held in Ashgabat last Sunday under the chairmanship Turkmenistan.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week, 24 transactions were registered.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on Monday met with the head of the Russian oil company Lukoil Vagit Alekperov. The parties discussed in detail the development of hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian region.

Among the priorities of the ECO, Turkmenistan sees the development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said this at the 15th ECO Summit.

Last Sunday, November 28, Ashgabat under the chairmanship of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov hosted the 15th summit of the Leaders of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states.

The interests of Turkmenistan and the SCO coincide in strategic parameters, said Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking on Thursday on the digital system at the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states.

Turkmenistan became one of the three largest suppliers of automotive fuel to Uzbekistan. In January-October, the export of Turkmen fuel to Uzbekistan amounted to 136 million liters of gasoline, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan reports.

On November 24, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting on the development of the fuel and energy and financial and economic complexes of the country with the participation of the relevant Vice-Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers and heads of a number of specialized structures, at which the results of the work carried out in the fuel and energy complex were considered and its economic state was discussed.

Since the number of various types of equipment is increasing every year, their uninterrupted supply of fuel and lubricants is becoming an urgent issue. In our country, intensive work to successfully resolve this issue is underway. Within the framework of the approved programs, local refineries will be reconstructed and new filling stations will be built.

A regular meeting of the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of Central Asia and the European Union in the «EU – Central Asia» format opened on November 22 in Dushanbe, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports. The meeting was attended by a delegation of our country led by Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Khadzhiev.

On Monday, November 22, a regular, 5th meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese Committee for Cooperation was held. The meeting, organized by videoconference, was chaired by the co-chairman of the Turkmen part of the committee, Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Serdar Berdimuhamedov and co-chairman of the Chinese part of the committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council of the PRC Han Zheng.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week, 37 transactions were registered.

Today, November 22, a video communication system will be held between the Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Vice Premier of the State Council of the PRC Han Zheng. This was reported by Xinghua news agency with reference to the official representative of the PRC Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the law of Turkmenistan «On joining the Agreement on the establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute». The document was published on Monday in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.

The 7th meeting of the Subcommittee on Energy Cooperation of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee was held on November 19, 2021 in an online format.