President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov led a mass bike ride that took place on Monday in Ashgabat to celebrate World Bicycle Day.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree ordering the preparation of draft State Budget of Turkmenistan for 2025, the main directions of socio-economic development of the country and the Investment Program for the next year by November 1.

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

On May 31, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, at which topical issues in the life of the country were discussed.

The potential for cooperation in the oil and gas and chemical industries, transport and logistics sector and other areas was noted during political consultations held on May 30 in the format of a video conference between Turkmenistan and Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country reports.

The implementation of previously reached agreements and decisions on a number of promising projects were discussed during the 7th meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Saudi commission on trade and economic cooperation, held in Riyadh.

A ministerial conference in the “Central Asia – Italy” format was held in Rome on May 29. The event was attended by heads of foreign policy departments of Central Asian countries, Italy, as well as representatives of the European Union. The delegation of Turkmenistan was headed by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country.

Issues of deepening cooperation in priority areas of the economy: fuel and energy, transport and industrial sectors were considered during political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, which took place in Astana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

On May 28, Advisor to the President of Turkmenistan on oil and gas issues Ashirguly Begliev met with the head of the branch of the world famous Chinese company CNPC in our country, Chen Huailun. During the meeting, aspects of bilateral cooperation in the gas sector were discussed. The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Turkmenistan Qian Naicheng, TDH reports.

A solemn presentation ceremony of a collection of selected poems of the great poet-thinker Mahtumkuli Fragy was held today in the conference hall of the main building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan.

White starts and wins

In Ashgabat, as part of the celebration of the City Day, a solemn ceremony was held to commission the reconstructed gas station No. 142 of the Ashgabat gas station department of the Main Directorate “Turkmennebitonumleri” of the Türkmennebit Group of Companies.

According to the contract signed between the State Concern "Turkmengas" and the manufacturing plant of a well-known company of the People's Republic of China, the first batch of "Zoomlion" brand equipment arrived at the Mary base No. 2 of the supply department of the concern's production facilities, which was greeted according to national traditions - gray-haired mothers sprinkled the new equipment with white flour and tied the alaja.

On May 25, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via the digital system, the agenda of which included a number of public policy issues.

The priority direction of Turkmen-Georgian cooperation is the joint implementation of large regional and interregional transport and energy projects. The Ambassador of Georgia in Ashgabat, Konstantin Sabiashvili, wrote about this in an article published in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of Georgia's independence.