The rectors of the International Oil and Gas university named after Yagshigeldi Kakayev and the Leoben Mining University of Austria held online talks on the development of inter-university cooperation in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2020 between the two higher schools.

According to the results of four months of 2021, Turkmenistan retained the second place among the oil-exporting countries that supply raw materials to foreign markets in transit through Russia, Interfax reports, citing the Central Dispatch Office of the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Russian Federation.

Drillers of the «Korpeje» drilling department of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» achieve high performance in drilling operations in fields rich in hydrocarbon raw materials. Since the beginning of this year, the total depth of rock sinking carried out by the enterprise amounted to 9 thousand 214 meters.

Recently, more than 400 students of the primary special school No. 15 of the SCOR (Seidi complex of oil refineries) received referrals and went to work practice, during which they will acquire professional skills and abilities.

PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bcd. (a subsidiary of the Malaysian PETRONAS) is the Bronze sponsor of the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investment in the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of independence of our country. This was announced by the Organizing Committee of the upcoming event.

Specialists of the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries of the Balkan region mark the year of "Turkmenistan - Homeland of Peace and Trust" with high labor achievements.

Prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation were discussed last Friday at a meeting between Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 171 transactions were registered last week.

Russia is sincerely interested in strengthening friendship, good-neighborliness, partnership, and mutual economic development with Turkmenistan. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin said this at the negotiations with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov after the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council held in Kazan on April 29-30, Interfax reported.

Turkmenistan aims at close interaction with interstate associations in the Eurasian space. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who headed the Turkmen delegation on the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council held from April 29 to 30 in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation), the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit, discussed the state and prospects for the development of the Turkmen-Uzbek dialogue across the entire spectrum of areas during a meeting on Thursday, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

Last Wednesday, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a videoconference meeting with the heads of a number of foreign companies, where they discussed aspects of developing cooperation and investment in the economy of our country.

The international group of companies «ARETI», one of the long-standing foreign partners of Turkmenistan, became a bronze sponsor of the International Forum on Attracting Investments to the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence.

The day before, on April 27, a telephone conversation took place between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation on Monday with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited the Turkmen delegation to participate in the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, which will be held on April 29-30 in Kazan, the country's state news agency reports.