The next strategic step to expand the investment potential of our country will be the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investments into the Economy of Turkmenistan (TEIF 2025), which will be held on April 23-24, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov discussed issues of holding the third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in Turkmenistan at a meeting with UN Deputy Secretary-General Rabab Fatima on February 24, TDH reports.

A conference organized by the State Corporation “Turkmengeology” was held within the walls of the Natural Gas Research Institute of the Turkmengas State Concern. The event, dedicated to compliance with labor protection and technical safety rules in organizations and enterprises of the State Corporation “Turkmengeology” in 2024 and tasks for 2025, was attended by responsible employees of the corporation, engineers, and specialists in technical safety and labor protection.

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

The 63rd meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission of Turkmenistan on the Caspian Sea was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 23. The meeting was attended by the relevant Vice-Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country, the Director of the Caspian Sea Institute, heads of a number of ministries and specialized departments.

The development of bilateral cooperation was discussed at a meeting on February 21 between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Presidential Administration of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who arrived in our country on a visit, TDH reports.

Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov extended an invitation to UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to attend the International Forum of Peace and Trust, which will be held on December 12 in Ashgabat, TDH reports.

On February 21, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via a digital system, the agenda of which included a number of issues of state life, TDH reports.

Over the 25-year period of cooperation, Dragon Oil (UAE) has invested about 10 billion US dollars in the development of oil and gas fields in Turkmenistan and produced 447 million barrels of hydrocarbons. This was reported in an interview with the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper by the company's CEO Ali Al Jarwan.

The Turkmen delegation headed by the Chairman of the Board of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Jepbarov paid a working visit to Tokyo, Japan on February 17-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reported.

A delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Hojamyrat Geldimyradov took part in the work of the Third Caspian Economic Forum, held on February 17-18 in Tehran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

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 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.

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.