A two-day international forum on attracting foreign investments to the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan ended in Ashgabat. The main goal of this important event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence and the 140th anniversary of Ashgabat was the desire to stimulate the interest of foreign partners in expanding cooperation with our country in the oil and gas sector.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov invited Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to visit Turkmenistan in the third decade of August to participate in the opening of a gas turbine power plant being built by the Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation. The invitation came during a telephone conversation between the President of Turkmenistan and the Prime Minister of Japan on Thursday.

On Thursday, a telephone conversation between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani took place.

On Wednesday, May 12, in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investments to the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan began its work.

“I congratulate you on opening of the International Forum on attracting foreign investments to the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan! Great importance is paid to this event in order to address many tasks set to the oil and gas complex of the country,” President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov says in his welcoming address of to the participants of the investment forum held in Ashgabat.

This morning, in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investments to the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan has begun its work, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the independence of our country.

The International forum on attracting foreign investment in the oil and gas sector of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the anniversary, the 30th anniversary of the country's Independence, will be held on May 12-13, 2021 in Ashgabat in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, according to a press release of the HO "Turkmen Forum", which is a co-organizer of the upcoming event.

Less than a day remains before the start of the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investment in the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan, which will start on May 12 in Ashgabat at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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 the country's independence, which starts on May 12 in Ashgabat, will be the Danish company Haldor Torsoe.

Yesterday, in the Central Building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, a report meeting was held via video link, where the results of the work of the industry enterprises for January-April of this year, the motto of which is "Turkmenistan is the Birthplace of peace and trust", were discussed. They also discussed important aspects of the implementation of the priority tasks set for the oil and gas complex at the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on May 7 this year.

During the government meeting, which President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov chaired last Friday via video link, the results of the work of the branches of the national economy for four months of this year were summed up.

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

Pakistan is interested in the early implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline construction project, the leading Pakistani media say.

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.