President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed over the phone on Wednesday how to boost economic partnership.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree ordering to hold an international conference "Policy of neutrality and its importance in ensuring international peace, security and sustainable development" in Ashgabat on December 12, 2020 in Ashgabat.

The development of the gas industry, gas markets, gas export flows and other uses of gas in the country are the main aspects of the Turkmen oil and gas sector that the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) is most interested in, OIES spokesman Julian Bowden said, according to Trend.

On Tuesday, the ministers of the OPEC + monitoring committee will consider the prospects for the oil market and the possibility of postponing the planned increase in oil production by 2 million barrels per day from 2021 for 3-6 months, INTERFAX reports.

The state and prospects for the development of bilateral relations were discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the new Italian ambassador to our country Luciano Galli, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

The issues of further building up and deepening bilateral partnership in priority areas were discussed at a meeting of the Turkmen-British Trade and Industry Council, held in the format of a videoconference, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

On Tuesday, the ministers of the OPEC + monitoring committee will consider the prospects for the oil market and the possibility of postponing the planned increase in oil production by 2 million barrels per day from 2021 for 3-6 months, INTERFAX reports.

A number of new deposits have appeared on the map of exploitable groundwater reserves of Turkmenistan. Hydrogeologists of the Dashoguz expedition of the State Corporation "Turkmengeology" in the course of research carried out this year discovered drinking water reserves in underground freshwater lenses on the Uchkepderi square in the Gurbansoltan edzhe etrap and on the Dostluk square in the Gubadag etrap of the Dashoguz velayat.

Representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, higher education institutions and other departments were gathered at an online seminar on energy diplomacy, which ended last week in Ashgabat, organized by the OSCE.

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

Turkmenistan on December 1 will hold an international online conference «Cooperation in the energy sector is the most important condition for universal sustainable development». This was announced by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Myratgeldi Meredov at the enlarged government meeting held on Thursday.

On Tuesday, with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in the western part of the capital of Turkmenistan, a large complex of social and cultural facilities, built as part of the 16th phase of Ashgabat's development, was opened.

Since the beginning of 2020, the Seydi OR has exported 23,840 tons of heavy vacuum gas oil. In recent years, this product, as well as the road bitumen produced at the plant, has been in great demand among foreign consumers.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan in 2020, 25 million seedlings of deciduous trees, fruit trees and grapes will be planted throughout our country. The start of the national greening campaign took place on November 7 with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Myratgeldi Meredov reported on the results of the work carried out in January-October of this year as part of the implementation of the Oil and Gas Industry Development Program for the period up to 2030.