Last Monday, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid a working visit to the Russian Federation, where he took part in the informal Summit of the leaders of the CIS countries, annually held in St. Petersburg at the end of the year, TDH reports.

Issues of production and distribution of petroleum products, as well as strengthening the material and technical base of the oil refining industry were discussed during a government meeting, which President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held via a digital system last Friday.

The delegation of Turkmenistan, which paid a working visit to Tokyo to participate in the 9th meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Dialogue «Central Asia + Japan», last Friday took part in a six-sided meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and also held a number of bilateral negotiations. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

A package of documents between the state departments of Turkmenistan and Japanese companies in the field of gas industry, chemical industry, transport and water management was signed following the results of the 14th joint meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen committees for economic cooperation. Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on Wednesday, December 21, 19 transactions were concluded for a total of $15.7 million, Orient.news reports.

The new administrative center of the Akhal region received the status of a city and will be called Arkadag. The Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan adopted a corresponding resolution on this.

Last Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed with the President of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Tatsuya Watanabe the main areas of cooperation and ways to improve the effectiveness of interaction. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

The day before, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Nobumitsu Hayashi in Tokyo. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met on Wednesday with Atsuo Kuroda, the Executive Director of the Japan Nippon Export and Investment Insurance Agency (NEXI), which provides insurance coverage for financing joint economic projects implemented by the Japanese and Turkmen sides. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

«Rimera» - the leading Russian company in the market of integrated services in the field of oilfield services will supply 655 deep-well rod pumps manufactured by Izhneftemash to the State Concern «Turkmennebit» in 2023, INFOLine reports.

For 11 months, deliveries of «blue fuel» from Turkmenistan to China amounted to 9.28 billion US dollars in value, the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China said on Tuesday.

The state and prospects of interstate cooperation were discussed on Monday at a meeting between President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.

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

According to the results of eleven months, a stable GDP growth rate is observed in Turkmenistan, which amounted to 6.2%. This was reported at a government meeting last Friday, which discussed the results of the country's socio-economic development in January-November 2022.

Workers of the Seydi oil refinery completed their work for 11 months in excess of the planned targets. During this period, the enterprise produced more than 208 thousand tons of gasoline and 104 thousand tons of diesel fuel, as well as about 34 thousand tons of vacuum gas oil, more than 28 thousand tons of road bitumen.