Issues of expanding trade and economic cooperation, strengthening bilateral partnership in the field of energy, transport and transit were discussed in Tashkent. There the sixteenth meeting of the joint Turkmen-Uzbek intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation was held recently, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

For eight months of 2021, the volume of production of natural and associated gas in Turkmenistan exceeded 55 billion cubic meters. This is 10.4 billion cubic meters more than in the same period last year.

The first consignments of Jet A-1 aviation fuel, produced by the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries, were put up for sale at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. The new products of the plant aroused increased interest among bidders and were purchased by foreign businessmen.

Turkmenistan implements social facilities in Afghanistan, regularly sends humanitarian aid, the foreign ministry of our country reports.

Today, September 13, in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, a reporting meeting was held on the video communication system. There the results of the work of the industry enterprises over the past eight months of this year were discussed.

Last Friday, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via digital video communication system. There the work for January-August of this year in all sectors of the economy, including the oil and gas complex of our country was summed up.

In January-August 2021, GDP growth in Turkmenistan amounted to 6.2%. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said this at a government meeting last Friday, where the results of the country's socio-economic development for eight months of this year were summed up.

At present, one of the main tasks of the gas workers of the «Dashoguzgazupdzhunchilik» management is the timely and high-quality preparation of the region's gas networks for the upcoming winter period. Preparation of the gas distribution system for operation in the autumn-winter period is the most important element of ensuring their trouble-free operation and uninterrupted gas supply to consumers in the Dashoguz region.

The international energy and commodity trading company Vitol (Netherlands) has signed an agreement with the Azerbaijan State Oil Company SOCAR to transport 1 million tons of Turkmen oil per year via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline since October 2021, Energy Diary reported.

In recent years, in cooperation with foreign organizations, about 15 billion US dollars of foreign investment has been attracted to the economy of Turkmenistan. Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs Rakhimberdy Dzhepbarov spoke about this in an interview with the official Turkmen press.

A government delegation headed by the President of Turkmenistan will soon pay an official visit to Uzbekistan, during which a package of cooperation documents will be signed. Preparations for the upcoming visit were discussed during a working meeting, held recently by the head of state via video link.

According to the results of seven months of this year, the amount of work performed on the management of «Turkmennebitgeophysics» of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» was more than 44 million manats. This result exceeds the planned figure for this period by 5.3 million manats.

Construction of onshore facilities for gas fields in the western block of the Bagtyyarlyk contract area has begun. It is being developed by the «Amu Darya» gas company of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in accordance with the Production Sharing Agreement, China Petroleum News, China Power News and other PRC media report.

In a letter to Emperor Naruhito of Japan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated him on the successful commissioning of a gas turbine power plant in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan, which became another symbol of successful constructive Turkmen-Japanese cooperation.

Last week, 20 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.