Turkmenistan has taken a new step towards simplifying international cargo transportation. Now "green corridors" for trucks using the international road transport system (TIR) or TIR-EPD are operating at full capacity. This means that drivers will no longer have to stand in long queues at the border, but will be able to pass customs control along special lanes, RZD-Partner reports.

On August 13, Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, who is on a visit to Ankara, was received by the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A large-scale project to gasify populated areas is being successfully implemented in Lebap region. As part of the national gasification program, the length of gas networks in the velayat increased by more than 42 kilometers in the first six months of 2024.

On August 12, the Berkarar Hotel hosted a scientific and practical conference entitled “The Caspian Sea: Partnership for Sustainable Development”. The event, dedicated to the International Caspian Sea Day, was organized at the initiative of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Caspian Sea Institute with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Last week, 23 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

On August 5, 2024, a telephone conversation took place between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

Fourteenth Game

A multidisciplinary industrial center is being created in Lebap region, designed to effectively use the region's rich natural resources. One of the key enterprises providing large-scale projects in the country with construction materials is the Koytendag Quarry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan, the website "Turkmenistan: Golden Age" reports.

Water treatment facilities ensure uninterrupted operation of large industrial enterprises of Turkmenistan. One of these facilities - Hanhovuz, located in the Mary region, has been supplying clean water to the Western and Eastern Shatlyk gas fields, as well as other infrastructure facilities of the region, for more than half a century.

On July 31, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Alparslan Bayraktar. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of bilateral cooperation issues, paying special attention to the energy sector, TDH reports.

Turkmenistan’s State News Agency reported that on July 29, leaders of the country's oil and gas industry held talks with delegations from ADNOC (United Arab Emirates) and Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. (Republic of Korea).

Last week, 21 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

President Serdar Berdymuhamedov chaired a regular Cabinet meeting on July 26, via digital system, to discuss a range of state affairs.

On July 26, President Serdar Berdymuhamedov held a regular Cabinet meeting via digital system, where a number of state issues were on the agenda.

The largest industry event – the 29th International Conference and Exhibition «Oil and Gas» - KIOGE 2024 will be held from September 25 to 27, 2024 in Almaty, reports minmag.kz.