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.

Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Korea Rashid Meredov and Chon Ui-Yong discussed by telephone the agenda of the 14th Central Asia-Korea Cooperation Forum, which is scheduled to be held on November 30 this year, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made an address by the digital system at the International Forum on Northern Economic Cooperation, which was held on Thursday in Seoul (Republic of Korea) in a hybrid format.

Cooperation in the energy sector became one of the main topics of the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Mikail Chingiz oglu Jabbarov, held in Ashgabat on Thursday.

The Consul General of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation (Kazan) Atadurdy Bayramov paid a working visit to the facilities of TATNEFT, the website of TATNEFT reports.

The candidacy of Kuwaiti representative Heissam al-Ghais for appointment to the post of OPEC secretary general from August 1, 2022 will be discussed at a meeting of cartel ministers in December, Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and Higher Education Mohammad Abdel Latif al-Fares told reporters on the sidelines of the ADIPEC-2021 International Oil and Gas Exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

Oil finished trading on Wednesday at the lowest level since early October and continues to fall in price.