Turkmenistan stands for the development of the investment climate in the Central Asian region, welcomes the "New Northern Economic Policy". Vice Prime Minister, Head of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry Rashid Meredov said this at the 13th Central Asia-Korea Cooperation Forum held on Wednesday in the format of a video conference, the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reported.

Turkmenistan aims to increase trade, investment cooperation and the creation of joint high-tech enterprises with Japan. This was stated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a meeting with the new Ambassador of Japan Yamamoto Hiroyuki, who presented his credentials to the head of state.

The foreign ministers of Turkmenistan and Malaysia discussed issues of interaction in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, energy and humanitarian spheres during an online meeting on Tuesday, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

In 2021, Turkmenistan will begin construction of the TAPI gas pipeline in Afghanistan. Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov said this on Tuesday during a plenary meeting of the High-level Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva, at which issues of economic cooperation with Afghanistan were discussed online, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

The OSCE Center in Ashgabat organized an online training to familiarize Turkmen specialists with the experience of the OSCE member states in the field of environmental security in the energy sector.

On Monday, the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Korean Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation was held via digital video communication. The key topic of discussion was the diversification of mutually beneficial cooperation in a wide range of areas.

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, speaking at the High-Level International Conference on Afghanistan, which started in Geneva in an online format, noted the particular importance of regional cooperation in the process of comprehensive development of Afghanistan, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

On November 23, 2020, a two-day High-Level Conference on Afghanistan began in Geneva, which is being held online under the chairmanship of the governments of Afghanistan and Finland in conjunction with the UN, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

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

The eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Korean Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation is scheduled to be held via digital video communication on November 23.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed over the phone on Wednesday how to boost economic partnership.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree ordering to hold an international conference "Policy of neutrality and its importance in ensuring international peace, security and sustainable development" in Ashgabat on December 12, 2020 in Ashgabat.

The development of the gas industry, gas markets, gas export flows and other uses of gas in the country are the main aspects of the Turkmen oil and gas sector that the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) is most interested in, OIES spokesman Julian Bowden said, according to Trend.

On Tuesday, the ministers of the OPEC + monitoring committee will consider the prospects for the oil market and the possibility of postponing the planned increase in oil production by 2 million barrels per day from 2021 for 3-6 months, INTERFAX reports.

The state and prospects for the development of bilateral relations were discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the new Italian ambassador to our country Luciano Galli, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.