The meeting of the Presidents of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey is scheduled for December 13-14 in the Avaza National Tourist Zone on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on Saturday, according to which "the administration of the presidential administration, together with the country's Foreign Ministry, was instructed to hold a high-level trilateral summit of Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey in the Avaza National Tourist Zone on December 13-14, 2022".

The measures taken to increase oil production and strengthen the resource base of the oil and gas industry were reported by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhym Abdrakhmanov during a government meeting, which President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held last Friday via video link.

Ways to develop cooperation in the electric power industry, oil and gas industry, issues of cooperation in the water sector and ecology were the subject of discussion at the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Iranian delegation headed by the Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Akbar Mehrabian. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The need to start practical work on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline was announced by the Acting Minister of Mining and Oil in the Taliban government, Shahabuddin Delaware, at a meeting with the Executive Director of the TAPI gas pipeline project, Muhammetmyrat Amanov, and the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Kabul, Khoja Ovezov.

Prospects for enhancing bilateral cooperation were discussed at the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov with Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit, TDH reports.

Negotiations on the construction of the second stage of a plant for the production of gasoline from natural gas in Ahal velayat were held by a delegation of Turkmenistan with representatives of large companies of the Republic of Korea.

Preparations for the trilateral meeting of Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey, which is scheduled to be held at the NTZ "Avaza", became one of the topics of discussion during political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Turkey, held on November 28 in Ankara, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

Prospects for expanding trade and economic relations between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan were discussed in Baku at a meeting of the Turkmen delegation with President Ilham Aliyev and during a meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation, Azerbaijani media reported.

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

The conclusion of an agreement on investment guarantees will stimulate the intensification of investment cooperation between the two countries. This was stated by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Kim Jin Pyo at the talks with the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who has been on an official visit to this country since November 28.

During a government meeting last Friday, Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Shakhym Abdrakhmanov reported on the draft Resolution on the conclusion of a contract for the overhaul of gas generators of the State Concern «Turkmengas».

In the near future, a representative delegation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) headed by the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technologies of the country will visit Turkmenistan. This was announced at a government meeting last Friday by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov.

Priority issues on the bilateral agenda were discussed during a telephone conversation on Thursday between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and his counterpart from the Republic of Korea Pak Jin, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

The joint conference of the European Union and Turkmenistan on the topic «Green energy and EU strategies for the use of hydrogen and the reduction of methane emissions» was held in Ashgabat on November 22 – 23. This was reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Last Wednesday, a meeting of the Halk Maslakhaty Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan was held, at which the draft state budget of the country for 2023 was discussed.