Last Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, which discussed the results of the work of the sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan for six months of this year, the pace of implementation of state programs for the country’s socio-economic development, as well as priority tasks for the second half of the year and personnel issues.

As a result of the practical steps taken in the six months of 2023, a stable GDP growth rate was ensured in Turkmenistan, which increased by 6.2%. This was announced by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Hojamyrat Geldimyradov, speaking with a report on the country’s macroeconomic indicators for January-June of this year at an expanded government meeting last Friday.

China imported 13.51 billion cubic meters of natural gas in May 2023, including pipeline supplies and LNG. This figure is a historical maximum for May.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) for the first time in 2023 lowered the forecast for oil demand in the world for 2023 by 170 thousand barrels per day. This follows from the July report of the agency.

YUG-NEFTEGAZ has confirmed the silver partnership of the International Conference and Exhibition OGT-2023, which will be held on October 25-27, 2023 in Ashgabat. This is reported by the Organizing Committee of the event.

The implementation of the Roadmap for the development of international cooperation in the field of hydrogen energy in Turkmenistan for 2022-2023 was discussed at the second meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the development of hydrogen energy in Turkmenistan, held on Tuesday.

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

Afghan oil workers have started oil production at a field located in the Amu Darya river basin, Afghan media reported.

Last Saturday the trust “Nebitgazabatlayysh” of the state concern “Turkmennebit” in the center of the Balkan region received 9 units of powerful specialized lifting machines purchased in the People’s Republic of China.

Last Friday, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, at which important issues of state life were discussed and drafts of a number of documents were considered.

Liquefied gas ($353 per ton) and diesel fuel L-0.5-62 ($585 per ton) were in demand during trading at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on Friday, July 7.

At a sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan held last Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Amanov reported on the work carried out to improve the material and technical base of the supervised structures, in particular, the Türkmengeologiýa State Corporation.

The presentation ceremony of the book “Islamic Development Bank and Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Ali. The history of the institution and the path of its President”, by the first president of the Islamic Development Bank Ahmad Mohammad Ali Al-Madani to the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took place. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

OPEC will be happy to expand, open to all, Secretary General of the organization Haytham al-Gais told reporters, Interfax reports.