On October 9, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paid a working visit to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the opening ceremony of the National Day of Turkmenistan at the EXPO 2020 World Exhibition, which is taking place in Dubai, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reported.

Turkmenistan and the UAE signed a number of agreements and memorandums in the field of investments, ports and energy. The signing ceremony took place after the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the headquarters of Expo 2020 Dubai.

Today in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, a reporting meeting was held, at which the results of the work of the enterprises of the industry for nine months of this anniversary year were discussed.

Last Friday, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers via digital video communication system. There the work for January-September 2021 in all sectors of the economy, including the oil and gas complex of the country, was summed up.

The «Lebapgazchykarysh» management of the State Concern «Turkmengas» is consistently developing and increasing production of natural gas and gas condensate. In January – August 2021, the volume of “blue fuel” production at the enterprise amounted to 8.2 billion cubic meters, which is 34% higher than planned for this period.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin discussed topical issues of the bilateral and regional agenda on Thursday in a telephone conversation, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

The official visit of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Uzbekistan on October 4-5 ended with the signing of a substantial package of documents. During fruitful negotiations in a narrow and expanded format, the heads of the neighboring states considered topical issues of bilateral cooperation and discussed the prospects for their expansion.

The day before, Ashgabat hosted events in honor of the mournful date – the Day of the nationwide remembrance of the victims of the Ashgabat earthquake of 1948, as well as the heroes who died on the battlefields of all wars.

A presentation of the new book of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov «Independence is our happiness», published on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the country's independence, took place in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan. The new book, published in three languages ​​– Turkmen, Russian and English, covers the achievements and successes of Turkmenistan over the years of independence.

On Monday, October 4, the two-day official visit of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Uzbekistan began. At the airport of the Uzbek capital, the Turkmen leader was greeted by the President of the Republic Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as well as members of the government delegation of Turkmenistan.

Trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan has tripled over the past few years, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic Sardor Umurzakov said at the Turkmen-Uzbek Economic Forum on Monday, Sputnik Uzbekistan news agency reported.

These days, work is underway to prepare for the National Day of Turkmenistan within the framework of the International Exhibition «EXPO-2020», which opened on October 1 in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The President of Turkmenistan will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on October 4-5. Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov reported on the preparation of the program of the visit at a government meeting, which President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov chaired by video link last Friday.

Over the past week, 28 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

In the days of celebrating the 30th anniversary of independence of Turkmenistan, the third issue of this year's magazine "Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan" of the State Concern "Turkmennebit" was published. The magazine covers the main events and trends in the fuel and energy complex of our country and presents an analysis of ongoing reforms in the economic direction.