On March 18, Ashgabat will host the first International Forum “Investments in the Future of Turkmenistan” (IFT 2025), which will bring together participants from many countries to discuss the country’s investment potential and promising projects.

Cooperation between the Central Asian countries and the European Union in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian fields was discussed during a working meeting by deputy foreign ministers of the Central Asian countries and representatives of the European Union, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

On February 18, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with the head of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived in our country on a working visit, TDH reports.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, at a meeting in Ashgabat with the head of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov, invited him to take part in a representative Forum to mark the 30th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of our country, TDH reports.

The 3rd Caspian Economic Forum kicked off in the capital of Iran on February 17, bringing together representatives of the five Caspian states. As AZERTAC reports, delegates from Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, representing the transport sector, trade organizations, and the business community, are participating in the meeting.

Current issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed at a meeting between the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan A. Gochmyradov and the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Tajikistan Mr. M.S. Sarwar, the International Information Center of Turkmenistan reported on February 18 with reference to the Turkmen diplomatic department in Dushanbe.

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

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.

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.

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.

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).