The International Conference "Quality Assurance in Turkmenistan in Compliance with International Standards" will be held in Ashgabat on April 29-30. The forum will bring together leading experts in the field of certification, representatives of business, government agencies and international organizations to discuss topical issues of improving the quality of products and services, implementing international standards and digitalizing quality management processes.

The results of the work of the industry enterprises for January of this year - the International Year of Peace and Trust - were summed up at the reporting meeting held on February 16 in the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan. The participants of the meeting discussed the tasks set by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov for the country's oil and gas complex at the digital meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on February 14, and also considered specific ways to further advance work in this direction.

On February 14, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via a digital system, where the results of the work done in the economic sectors in January 2025 were summed up, and a number of other issues of state life were considered, TDH reports.

Turkmenistan's GDP growth rate in January 2025 was 6.3%, which indicates the sustainable development of the national economy. This was announced by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a government meeting on February 14, TDH reports.

Global oil demand in 2025 will grow by 1.104 million barrels per day (bpd) compared to last year, according to the monthly report of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

During the auction at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan on February 13, petrochemical, light industry and construction materials were sold.

The heads of the European Council António Costa and the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will visit Uzbekistan on April 3-4 to participate in the first EU-Central Asia summit, which will be chaired by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, according to a press release distributed by the EU delegation in Tashkent, Interfax reported on February 14.

Turkmen natural gas supplies to Turkey will start on March 1, 2025 and will be carried out via Iran as part of a barter scheme. This was stated by Turkish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ahmet Demirok on Friday at a press conference for Turkmen and foreign media.

Iran aims to further constructive work with Turkmenistan in the fields of energy, transport, water resources and other areas. This was stated by the President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian at a meeting on February 12 with the Turkmen delegation headed by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country reports.

Drillers of the “Nebitgazburawlayysh” trust of the State Concern “Turkmennebit” put into operation a new well No. 85 at the Uzynada field, with a depth of 6,830 meters, the daily flow rate of which was 70 tons of oil condensate and 75 thousand cubic meters of natural gas.

Ways to further develop partnership with the Economic Cooperation Organization were discussed at a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the ECO Secretary General Asad Majid Khan, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reported on February 12.

The draft intergovernmental agreement on the establishment and implementation of the international transit and transport corridor "Caspian Sea - Black Sea" was discussed at a quadripartite working meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reported on February 11.

Representatives of the Foreign Ministries of Turkmenistan and Austria confirmed their readiness to further deepen cooperation during political consultations, the Foreign Ministry of our country reported on February 11.

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

The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Rashid Meredov held meetings on development of cooperation in the fuel and energy sector and transport during the visit to Tehran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reported on February 11.