The US government through the Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday launched a new five-year regional energy program «USAID Energy in Central Asia», INTERFAX-KAZAKHSTAN reported citing the US Embassy in Kazakhstan.

Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan plan to sign a number of agreements within the framework of the three-state summit, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu told reporters after a meeting with colleagues from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Jeyhun Bayramov and Rashid Meredov in Ankara on February 24, INTERFAX-AZERBAIJAN reports.

The issues of economic cooperation between Turkey, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan became the main topic of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the three countries held in Ankara on Wednesday, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

The Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan at a plenary session on February 23 approved the Memorandum of Understanding on the «Dostluk» field between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, INTERFAX-AZERBAIJAN reports.

Ankara is ready to make efforts to ensure supplies of Turkmen gas to Turkey and transit through Turkish territory to European markets. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated this on Tuesday, INTERFAX-AZERBAIJAN reports.

On Monday, February 22, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the head of the party of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

For 2020, the profit of the Serdar oil products enterprise of the Turkmennebitonumleri management amounted to 11.4 million manats, while the plan was fulfilled by 149%.

Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhim Abdrakhmanov reported on the ongoing work on the implementation of digital technologies at enterprises and institutions of the oil and gas complex and ensuring information security during a government meeting chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on February 19.

Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov will pay a visit to Ankara on February 22-24, where he will hold a number of meetings with colleagues from Turkey and Azerbaijan.

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

The Russian oil company Lukoil intends to take part in the development of the Turkmen-Azerbaijani «Dostluk» field in the Caspian Sea. This opportunity was discussed at the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the head of PJSC Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, held last Thursday.

At the February 16 meeting of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with the new Ambassador of Pakistan to our country, Irfan Ahmed, special attention was paid to the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline project.

Last year, GDP growth in Turkmenistan amounted to 5.9%. This was stated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan held last Friday, at which the results of 2020 were summed up.

Today in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan held a meeting under the chairmanship of the Vice Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shahim Abdrakhmanov, which discussed the results of work of enterprises of the industry for the year 2020 for the month of January of the current year, and discusses the important aspects of the implementation of the tasks of oil and gas complex at the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on 12 February this year.

The work at the enterprises and facilities of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan in the year of the 30th anniversary of the independence of our Motherland took a wide scope. During these days, the explorers of the "Lebapnebitgazgozleg" expedition of the "Turkmennebitgazgozleg" trust of the State Corporation "Turkmengeologiya" started drilling well No. 5 at the Agarguy site, located near the Malay field. The design depth of the well is 3,300 meters.