President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking at the Summit in Jeddah, proposed organizing the first investment forum of Central Asian countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council in Turkmenistan in 2024, TDH reports.

Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, where the Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Central Asian States (GCC and Central Asia) will be held on Wednesday, TDH reports.

Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov named six priority aspects for preparing the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan on September 24, TDH reports.

The Council of Elders of the Halk Maslakhaty has been established in Turkmenistan. The corresponding resolution of the Presidium of the Halk Maslakhaty was signed on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the country Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Last week, 38 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

From January to April 2023, Azerbaijan increased the purchase of Turkmen natural gas to 398.87 million cubic meters, Trend reports.

In the central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan on July 15, a reporting meeting for the results of the industry's work for the past half-year, held under the motto "The Year of Happy Youth with Arkadagly Serdar" was held. During the meeting, the tasks assigned to the country's oil and gas complex by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan held on July 14 were discussed, and the results of the work of the branches of the national economy were summed.

Last Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held an expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, which discussed the results of the work of the sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan for six months of this year, the pace of implementation of state programs for the country’s socio-economic development, as well as priority tasks for the second half of the year and personnel issues.

As a result of the practical steps taken in the six months of 2023, a stable GDP growth rate was ensured in Turkmenistan, which increased by 6.2%. This was announced by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Hojamyrat Geldimyradov, speaking with a report on the country’s macroeconomic indicators for January-June of this year at an expanded government meeting last Friday.

China imported 13.51 billion cubic meters of natural gas in May 2023, including pipeline supplies and LNG. This figure is a historical maximum for May.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) for the first time in 2023 lowered the forecast for oil demand in the world for 2023 by 170 thousand barrels per day. This follows from the July report of the agency.

YUG-NEFTEGAZ has confirmed the silver partnership of the International Conference and Exhibition OGT-2023, which will be held on October 25-27, 2023 in Ashgabat. This is reported by the Organizing Committee of the event.

The implementation of the Roadmap for the development of international cooperation in the field of hydrogen energy in Turkmenistan for 2022-2023 was discussed at the second meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the development of hydrogen energy in Turkmenistan, held on Tuesday.

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