President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has transferred half of his monthly salary to a newly established Charity Fund to help children in need of care.

The Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan plans to hold negotiations with Turkmenistan on the supply of natural gas. This was stated by Minister Kubanychbek Turdubaev at a meeting of the Committee of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) on the fuel and energy complex and subsoil use, the newspaper 24.kg reports.

7 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

The issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic and humanitarian fields were discussed on Thursday in Moscow at the meetings that the delegation of Turkmenistan held with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

Stepan Gurzhiy, General Director of “LUKOIL” Uzbekistan Operating Company, has also been appointed representative of the President of “LUKOIL” in Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This is reported by the press service of the Russian company.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov called on the Turkic-speaking countries to cooperate in the field of energy security, development of transport and communication spheres and fight against the pandemic. The Turkmen leader spoke as an honorary guest at the informal Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States (Turkic Council), held on March 31 via videoconference.

Within the framework of the working visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to Moscow, meetings were held with the heads of state structures and large companies of the Russian Federation.

Employees of the «Nebitgazchykarysh» trust of the SC «Turkmennebit» are actively working to increase oil production, overhaul and commissioning of wells. Since during the operation of oil wells a gradual drop in their production rates is inevitable, the intensification of oil production is the most important task facing the production company.

The Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries is steadily increasing the volume of oil processing. Since the beginning of 2021, the enterprise, armed with modern equipment, has processed more than 770 thousand tons of "black gold", from which petrochemical products of various assortments have been produced.

Last Sunday, the first elections of members of the Halk Maslahaty Milli Gengesh, the bicameral parliament of Turkmenistan, took place.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov approved the composition of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Saudi Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation from the Turkmen side. The head of the state signed the corresponding Resolution at a government meeting held on Friday via video communication.

Prospects for bilateral cooperation were discussed at a meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee for Economic Cooperation from the Japanese side, Managing Director of Itochu Corporation Hiroyuki Tsubai, the website of the Foreign Ministry of our country reports.

Since the beginning of 2021, Turkmenistan remains the leader in pipeline gas supplies to the Chinese energy market, Interfax reports, citing data from the General Administration of Customs of the PRC.

The draft Program of Economic Cooperation between the Governments of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation for 2021 – 2023 was considered during the eighth meeting of the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Support within the framework of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation, held yesterday in the format of a video conference, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

In honor of the national holiday of Novruz and the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence, a landscaping campaign initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was held in our country on March 20 on a large scale.