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.

The Chinese company CNPC will act as a gold sponsor of the International Investment Forum on attracting investments to oil and gas sector of Turkmenistan, which will be held in Ashgabat on May 12-13.

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

The OPEC+ countries at the next meeting, which will be held on April 28, can confirm the previously approved plan to increase oil production in May - July 2021, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

The technology for producing gasoline from gas production by-products was developed by specialists of the Tomsk Polytechnic University (RF). This method will allow mining companies to produce fuel for their own needs, as well as provide them with the territory.

Exactly twenty days are left before the opening of the International Forum on Attracting Investment in the Oil and Gas Sector of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of our country's Independence.

President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping expressed his readiness to hold a telephone conversation with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports today, publishing a telegram from the PRC leader to the Turkmen leader.