As part of the working visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to the United Arab Emirates, a meeting was held in Abu Dhabi between Viceof the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court of the UAE Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Turkmenistan.

At the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 26 transactions were registered last week.

In 2024, it is planned to maintain Turkmenistan’s GDP growth at 6.3%, increase foreign trade turnover to 20.7 billion US dollars, and invest 38.5 billion manat in the country’s economy. These parameters are included in the Program of Socio-Economic Development of Turkmenistan and Investments for 2024, approved on Friday at an extended government meeting.

The delegation of Turkmenistan, consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the State Corporation «Turkmengeology», State Concerns «Turkmengas», «Turkmennebit» and «Turkmenchemistry» took part in the first Dialogue on critical minerals in the «Central Asia + USA» format, reports the Turkmen diplomatic mission in USA.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on Friday, February 9, held an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, at which the results of the work of economic sectors for 2023 were summed up, reports were heard from deputy prime ministers, a number of heads of ministries, and region majors (hyakims). The agenda also includes long-term tasks of the socio-economic development of our state for the current year and personnel issues.

As a result of the dedicated work of our people, in 2023 we achieved great success and fulfilled our plans. This was stated by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking at an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday, at which the results of the country’s development last year were summed up and plans for 2024 were outlined.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent sincere congratulations to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of his landslide victory in the presidential elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In March, a Spanish delegation will visit Turkmenistan to discuss opportunities for investment cooperation, reports the website of the Turkmen diplomatic mission in the Russian Federation.

In Turkmenistan, the “General Program for Providing Settlements of Turkmenistan with Clean Drinking Water” is being gradually implemented, to the successful implementation of which the labor teams of the “Balkanhydrogeology” expedition teams of the State Corporation “Turkmengeology” in the western region make a significant contribution.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed an Order, ordering the Vice-Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, hyakims of the regions and the city of Ashgabat to monitor the quality completion of construction on time and commissioning of large industrial and social facilities in 2024. The corresponding document was published on Wednesday in the country's central media.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, in a telephone conversation with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, on behalf of the Turkmen people and on his own behalf, expressed words of sympathy in connection with the accident that occurred at a thermal power plant in the city of Bishkek, TDH reports.

The prospects for cooperation in the oil and gas sector were discussed in Ashgabat at a meeting between the management of the State Concern “Turkmennebit” and the delegation of the Emirati company Dragon Oil, which arrived on a working visit to Turkmenistan, headed by executive director Rashid Al-Jarwan.

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In connection with the current situation in the energy sector of the Kyrgyz Republic, on January 3, in accordance with the Order of the President of Turkmenistan, the State Concern Türkmengaz sent 2 thousand tons of liquefied natural gas free of charge on behalf of the Turkmen people to a friendly country as humanitarian aid.

The International Oil and Gas University named after Yagshygeldi Kakaev will become the center for a number of international events in April this year. This was reported at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, which President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held via a digital system last Friday.