Prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation in various economic sectors, including energy, infrastructure and investment, were discussed in Ashgabat at a meeting of the management of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan with a delegation of the Saudi Fund for Development headed by Chief Executive Officer Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Mashrad.

Various international exhibitions and conferences are held annually at a high organizational level in Turkmenistan. In this regard, the coming 2025, declared the "International Year of Peace and Trust", will also be full of important events.

On December 7, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, TDH reports.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Turkmenistan has posted the production calendar for 2025 on its website. According to the calendar, in 2025, Turkmenistan will have 12 non-working holidays:

A four-day seminar dedicated to digital culture and transformation of public administration has started at the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan. The event is held within the framework of a joint project with UNDP with the participation of an international expert on digitalization, professor of the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence at RUDN University Viktor Dostov.

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

The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved work plans for the economic, financial, banking and other sectors of the country's economy for 2025. The draft work plans for 2025 were discussed in detail at a government meeting on January 3.

On January 3, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, where a number of priority issues of state life were considered, TDH reports.

Turkmenistan successfully develops valuable hydrocarbon resources and replenishes their reserves. The specialists of the Lebapnebitgazgozleg expedition of the State Corporation «Turkmengeology» make a significant contribution to this process.

The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution approving the List of exhibitions, fairs, conferences and festivals scheduled to be held by ministries and departments in 2025. The composition of the organizational commission for their implementation was also approved.

On January 1, 2025, a boy weighing 4 kilograms 100 grams and measuring 54 cm was born to the family of Orazjahan and Yazmergen Atageldyev in the city of Arkadag. The baby, named Parahat, which means «Peace» in Turkmen, became the first newborn in Turkmenistan in the new year.

The Central Building of the Oil and Gas complex of Turkmenistan hosted a festive conference on the occasion of the Day of Workers of the Oil and Gas Industry and Geology on the theme «Achievements of the oil and gas industry in the year «The Fount of Mind of Magtymguly Pyragy».

On December 10, 2018, in the conference hall of the Central Building of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan, a ceremony of presenting jubilee medals “For the 300th Anniversary of Magtymguly Pyragi” and commemorative signs was held.

The construction of a new medium-pressure gas pipeline with a length of more than two kilometers has been completed in the Ak Altyn village of Gokyayla Geneshlik of Boldumsaz etrap.

On December 28, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov attended a New Year's performance at the Main Christmas Tree of the country, located in one of the picturesque corners of Ashgabat. The cultural and entertainment center "Alem" is annually chosen as the main venue for the beloved winter holiday.