President of Turkmenistan and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey discussed bilateral cooperation
10:56 01.08.2024 6663
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.
During the talks, Serdar Berdimuhamedov confirmed the high importance of energy cooperation for strengthening bilateral relations. The priorities of interaction between the two countries in the gas, gas chemical and electric power industries were determined. The parties expressed their readiness to actively implement joint projects.
In particular, the possibilities of supplying Turkmen natural gas to Turkey, as well as the participation of Turkish companies in the development of the Turkmen oil and gas chemical industry were discussed.
A promising area of cooperation is also the export of electricity from Turkmenistan to Turkey. The parties discussed the possibility of exporting electricity from a new Turkmen power plant with a capacity of 1,574 megawatts, which is being built on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea.
In addition, issues of cooperation with Turkish companies in the field of extraction and processing of mineral resources of Turkmenistan, such as potassium salt, iodine and metal ores, creation of modern high-tech and export-oriented industries in Turkmenistan were discussed.
In order to further develop international energy cooperation, Turkmenistan is pursuing a fruitful partnership with the world's leading energy companies. This is evidenced by the recent meetings and negotiations in the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan with representatives of companies from the UAE, the Republic of Korea and other countries, during which issues of expanding gas export routes, investing in new fields and joint implementation of innovative projects were discussed.
The meetings and negotiations continued with the visit of the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey Alparslan Bayraktar to Turkmenistan on July 30-31 this year.
Topical aspects of Turkmen-Chinese cooperation discussed
Topical aspects of the Turkmen-Chinese partnership were discussed on December 26 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan at a meeting between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Serdar Muhammetdurdyev and Deputy Head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Chen Zhou. This was reported by the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.
For five months, the production plan at TCOR was fulfilled by 110.4%
The staff of the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries completed the five months of 2022 with good production and economic results. The volume of crude oil refining at the TCOR for this period amounted to more than 1 million 878 thousand tons, while the plan was fulfilled by 110.4%.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved new proposals on cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved proposals on strengthening cooperation between our country and Japan, which were voiced at a recent joint meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen Committees on Economic Cooperation.
The WTO representative discussed the possibilities of intensifying cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan
Opportunities for enhancing comprehensive cooperation with the WTO were discussed on Monday at a meeting between Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Zhang Xianchen, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.
Deposits of drinking water with an area of 130.8 square kilometers were discovered in Lebap region
Deposits of drinking water with a total area of 130.8 square kilometers were discovered as a result of work carried out by specialists of the State Corporation «Turkmengeology» in Lebap region. This was reported by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shahym Abdrakhmanov at a government meeting last Friday.