Turkmenistan and China will intensify cooperation in the gas sector. This is stated in the Joint Statement, which was signed today by Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is on a state visit to Beijing on January 5-6.

Under this slogan, a gratitude conference was held at the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan. It was attended by heads of all branches of the oil and gas complex and representatives of labor collectives.

The program of the upcoming state visit of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to China provides for the signing of a package of bilateral documents. This was announced by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov at a government meeting last Wednesday.

Issues related to the further improvement of the activities of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan were discussed during the first meeting of the government in the New Year, which President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held on a digital system last Wednesday, TDH reports.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan in the final week of 2022, 16 transactions were registered.

The cultural and sports complex of the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries hosted the premiere of the play «The Magic Staff, or the Adventures of a Snowflake» staged by the director of the theater studio Natalya Kuznetsova. This was reported by the newspaper «Neutral Turkmenistan».

Congratulating compatriots on the New Year, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov recalled the most important events of the past year, held under the motto «Epoch of people with Arkadag».

January 2, 2023 is declared a non-working day in Turkmenistan. The corresponding Decree of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov was published in the central media of the country.

«Happy youth with Arkadag Serdar» - under this motto Turkmenistan will held 2023. The resolution on this was signed by the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan and published in the country's central media on Friday.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on Monday, December 26, a businessman from Afghanistan purchased 1.7 thousand tons of hydrotreated diesel fuel. This was reported on the organization's website.

Russia is discussing the growth of gas supplies for the domestic markets of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan against the backdrop of an increase in their consumption of this type of fuel. This was stated in an interview with TASS by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

British oil and gas corporation BP has been criticized for planning to spend twice as much on oil and gas projects as it does on renewable energy investments next year. This is reported by The Guardian newspaper.

The international conference and international exhibition «Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2023» will be held on October 25-27 next year.

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

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey’s natural gas reserves in the Black Sea are 710 billion cubic meters, Interfax reports citing the Anadolu agency.