Turkmenistan is increasing gas supplies to China. In March of this year, the export of blue fuel to the Celestial Empire increased to 2.9 billion cubic meters, reaching the maximum level of 2022. It is reported by “Finmarket” with reference to the Customs Administration of China.

Trade turnover between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan in January-March 2023 increased by 10.4%. This was reported by the newspaper “Neutral Turkmenistan”.

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

The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan M. Chakiyev took part in the XIV Kazan International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum2023”, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

On Sunday, May 21, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in a digital system, at which some issues of state life and drafts of a number of documents were considered.

The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Minister of Finance and Economy Serdar Jorayev took part in the second EU-Central Asia Economic Forum held on May 19 in Almaty. This was reported by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Kazakhstan.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who arrived on a working visit to the capital of Shanxi Province of the People’s Republic of China on May 18 to participate in the Central Asia-China Summit, held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the afternoon, TDH reports.

Turkmenistan is ready to expand cooperation in the transport sector in the space of the Central Asian region and China. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking on Friday at the first Summit “Central Asia – China” in the ancient Chinese city of Xi’an.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking at the first Central Asia-China Summit in the ancient Chinese city of Xian, proposed to continue work on the implementation of new projects related to the supply of Turkmen natural gas to China, TDH reports.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in its May Regional Economic Prospects review, published its assessment of Turkmenistan’s GDP growth in 2023-2024.

Theme of the energy cooperation will be among the priority on the agenda of the upcoming Central Asia – China summit, which will be held on May 18-19 in the ancient Chinese city Xi’an, according to well-known analytical centers and political scientists.

Analysts at the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimate that halving the emission intensity of the world’s oil and gas production will require an investment of $600 billion.

Russian scientists have proposed burying greenhouse gases in former oil fields. The studies were carried out by employees of the Laboratory of General Hydromechanics of the Research Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, the Oil and Gas Information Agency (ANGI) reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution providing for measures aimed at the timely preparation of draft State budgets, the main directions of socio-economic development and the country’s investment program for 2024.

Ashirguly Begliev has been appointed Advisor to the President of Turkmenistan on oil and gas issues.