President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida on Wednesday, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed their readiness to expand cooperation with Turkmenistan in letters addressed to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent his sincere congratulations to Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on his election as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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

Yesterday, a reporting meeting was held in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, at which the results of the work of industry enterprises for January-March 2022, held under the motto «Epoch of people with Arkadag», were discussed.

On April 8, Turkmen leader Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree appointing Ashyrguly Begliev as Advisor to the President on oil and gas issues.

Last Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, during which the results of the development of sectors of the national economy for the first quarter of this year were summed up. In particular, the results of the work of oil and gas enterprises, which were reported by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhym Abdrakhmanov, were discussed.

The results of the work done in the first quarter demonstrate the consistent development of our state in accordance with the adopted programs; since the beginning of the year, GDP growth has been steadily at the level of 6.2%. The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov said this at a government meeting last Friday, at which the results of the country's socio-economic development in January-March 2022 were summed up.

We in Turkmenistan attach particular importance to the steady development of relations with Russia, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted in his congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Petronas Azerbaijan (Shah Deniz) is closing its branch in Azerbaijan. This was announced on Wednesday by the press center of the company.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov during a government meeting on Tuesday signed decrees on the appointment of heads of ministries and sectoral departments of the country. Among other things, the appointment of the heads of the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan took place.

The gas workers of the gas economic enterprise of the management «Dashoguzgazupdzhunchilik» successfully cope with the tasks set in the year passing under the motto «Epoch of people with Arkadag». In January-February, the company's employees ensured the stable operation of a unified gas system of various pressures with a length of about 550 km, as well as the coordinated work of 444 units of gas distribution and gas control equipment, thereby fulfilling the plan for this period.

On April 1, President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Turkmenistan on a state visit. On Saturday, April 2, the Turkmen-Indian high-level talks were held in the Oguzkhan Palace Complex in a short and then in an expanded format with the participation of members of the official delegations of the two countries.

Turkmenistan considers transport and energy as strategic directions of the Turkmen-Indian economic cooperation. This was stated by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov after the talks with the participation of the President of India Ram Nath Kovind last Saturday.