On April 18, in the holy month of Ramadan, Myalikguly Berdimuhamedov, the father of the President of Turkmenistan, passed away at the 89th year, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.

Great labor victories mark this year, the motto of which is “Turkmenistan – the Homeland of Peace and Trust”, specialists of the «Marygazchykarysh» department of the State Concern «Turkmengas», working at the facilities for cleaning gas from sulfur at the Galkynysh gas field.

On Wednesday, April 14, the first meeting of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan of the first convocation was held, a number of organizational issues were put on the agenda.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who was elected yesterday as the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan, made a speech in which he outlined the priorities of the new legislative body.

Representatives of the State Concerns «Turkmengas» and «Turkmennebit» took part in an online meeting held the other day between the leadership of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan and Qatar.

Specialists of the construction and installation department No. 5 of the «Turkmengundogarnebitgurlushyk» trust have started the construction of a gas pipeline designed for uninterrupted supply of «blue fuel» to a gas turbine power plant with a capacity of 432 MW.

Vice Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shahim Abdrakhmanov reported on the results of the work on the implementation of the "Program for the development of the oil and gas industry of Turkmenistan for the period up to 2030" in the first quarter of this year, as well as on the results of a working trip to the Mary and Lebap regions during a government meeting that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held last Friday on the digital system.

In the first quarter of 2021, Turkmenistan's GDP grew by 5.9%. This was announced by the Vice Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Gadyrgeldy Mushshikov at a government meeting last Friday, at which the results of the socio-economic development of the country for January-March of this year were considered.

Despite the difficulties that have arisen in the global economy due to the coronavirus pandemic, our country has managed to cope with all the tasks set. This was stated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, summarizing the results of the work done for the 1st quarter of 2021, which were discussed at the government meeting last Friday.

Last Saturday, PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd launched the GDDP-A (Garagol Deniz Drilling Platform) oil drilling platform in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea. The ceremony took place on the territory of the Marine Steel Assembly Shop in the village of Kiyanly on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea.

At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 37 transactions were registered last week.

The partnership in the field of energy and transport was discussed on Thursday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ashgabat on a two-day visit at the head of a representative Iranian delegation, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

On Thursday, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the Foreign Minister of Iran Muhammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ashgabat at the head of a representative Iranian delegation, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

Specialists of the gas compressor unit "Khazar" with an annual capacity of up to 2 billion cubic meters are effectively working on the procurement of "blue fuel" and sending it to consumers.

Currently, the specialists of the “Gundogargazakdyrysh” department of the “Turkmengazakdyrysh” association in the territories of the Mary and Lebap regions serve the main gas pipeline with a total length of 2,808 km, as well as 77 gas distribution stations and 15 gas control units.