On Thursday, oil prices continue to rise, renewing new highs.

On Wednesday, early voting for the presidential elections in our country began, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports today.

On Wednesday, the annual political consultations between Turkmenistan and the United States continued with the participation of representatives of relevant ministries and departments of the two countries, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

The spot gas price in Europe rose by 29% on Wednesday afternoon compared to Tuesday's close, Interfax reports.

On the first day of spring of the current year, held under the motto “The Era of the People with Arkadag”, a presentation of a new book by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Abadançylygyň röwşen gadamlary (“The Bright Path to Prosperity”), presented by the President to the Turkmen people, took place in the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex.

In the first months of the year, the motto of which is «Epoch of people with Arkadag», in an atmosphere of openness, transparency, democracy and on a broad alternative basis, an important socio-political campaign for the election of the President of Turkmenistan is being held. At present, its first stage has been completed – the nomination and registration of candidates for the highest state post.

The mission of observers from the CIS, that arrived at the invitation of the Turkmen side for the forthcoming early presidential elections on March 12, has begun work in Turkmenistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan TDH reports.

Last week, 20 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Issues of further development of multidimensional interstate cooperation were discussed on Saturday during a telephone conversation between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

The International Investment Forum «Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan» (OGT 2022) will be held on March 29-30 in Ashgabat and Dubai (UAE). This was announced by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Shakhym Abdrakhmanov at a government meeting, which President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held last Friday in a digital system.

The state and prospects of the Turkmen-American trade and economic partnership were discussed on Thursday during a telephone conversation between President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the head of the Turkmenistan-US Business Council Eric Stewart, the state news agency TDH reports.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan Yazguly Mammadov represented our country at a conference in Tashkent, where special representatives and special envoys of the European Union and Central Asian countries took part to discuss issues related to the settlement of the situation in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan media reported.

On Wednesday, a meeting of voters with Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country Serdar Berdimuhamedov, nominated by the Democratic Party as a candidate for the post of President of Turkmenistan, was held in the conference hall of the hyakimlik of the Lebap velayat, the state news agency TDH reports.

Last Wednesday, the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) considered the application of Turkmenistan to join the WTO and decided to grant Turkmenistan the status of an acceding country («active observer») to the WTO.

The agenda of the VI Caspian Summit, which is to be held in 2022 in Turkmenistan, was discussed by Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov at talks on February 22 in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.