On the territory of the Balkan region, large-scale production work is underway to resume production from oil and gas wells that have reduced their productivity.

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

An explosion occurred in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, near the village of Alat, Interfax reports with reference to the local seismological center. The reason for the explosion that occurred on Sunday evening, the director of the center Gurban Yetirmishli called the eruption of a mud volcano.

The work carried out by Ashgabat on the construction of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India gas pipeline (TAPI), power transmission lines and fiber-optic communication along the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan (TAP) route is a concrete contribution of Turkmenistan to the peaceful development of Afghanistan, its integration into the system of regional and world economic relations.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov discussed by phone on Saturday the implementation of the agreements reached at the highest political level. The diplomats noted the importance of the upcoming trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey this year, the website of the foreign ministry of our country reports.

Turkmenistan is negotiating with large foreign companies to attract investment in gas chemical projects that are significant for the country. This was announced by the Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Shakhym Abdrakhmanov at a government meeting held last Friday.

On the eastern section of the Gubadag-Dashoguz highway, after capital reconstruction, a filling station No.170 was put into operation. The overhaul works were carried out by specialists of the economic construction and installation department of the Dashoguz region of the State Institution «Turkmennebitonumleri» of TCOR.

Within five months of 2021, the team of the Dashoguz hydrogeological expedition of the State Corporation «Turkmengeology» carried out large-scale work to search for groundwater, clarify its reserves, as well as operate wells in order to provide sufficient water to settlements.

In January 2021, 27 countries of the European Union purchased oil and petroleum oils from Turkmenistan in the amount of 41.4 million euros, Trend reports, referring to the European Statistical Agency.

Over the past three years, about 20.7 million tons of Turkmen oil and oil products have been transported to the world market via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Energy Minister of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov said this at the 4th meeting of the energy ministers of the countries participating in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which was recently held in Baku.

On June 29, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the head of the Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Lukoil Vagit Alekperov. The businessman warmly congratulated the head of the state on his birthday, wished him good health, inexhaustible energy and new outstanding successes in his multifaceted work.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a congratulatory telegram to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of his birthday, declared his readiness to bring Turkmen-Chinese relations to a higher level, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

Today, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on his birthday during a telephone conversation, INTERFAX reports with reference to the Kremlin's press service.

The most important direction of the Turkmen-Kyrgyz cooperation is energy, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said, speaking about the key areas of bilateral partnership at talks with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov on Monday.

Last Sunday, the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted an exhibition of export goods of Turkmenistan, as well as a Turkmen-Kyrgyz economic forum, timed to coincide with the official visit of President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov to Ashgabat, began on June 27.