On Thursday, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on the digital system, at which the results of the work of the sectors of the national economy for four months of 2023 were summed up.

In January-April 2023, the GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan remained at the level of 6.2%. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said this at a government meeting last Thursday, at which the results of the country's socio-economic development for four months of this year were discussed.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the meeting of special representatives for Afghanistan, held on May 1-2 in Doha, Qatar, under the auspices of the UN Secretary General, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports. The meeting was attended by UN Secretary General António Guterres. The Turkmen side was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Khadzhiev.

The Chinese company Sinopec has started drilling the deepest oil and gas well in Asia in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China, the Xinhua news agency reports.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved proposals to create a Roadmap for cooperation for 2023-2024 in order to intensify partnership between Turkmenistan and the United States, as well as to strengthen the legal framework of relations and prepare a Framework Plan for organizing visits at various levels between the two countries.

The International Transport Forum will significantly increase the level of trade and economic partnership between Asian and European countries. This was stated in the greeting of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the participants of the II International Conference and Exhibition "International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development - 2023", which are held on May 3-4 in Ashgabat.

Issues related to the current work and the plan for the next year were discussed at the 28th meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the operation of the gas pipeline "Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China”, which was held in Samarkand, the press service of Uzbekneftegaz JSC reported.

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

The issues of holding the Turkmen-German economic forum in Germany in October 2023 were discussed during the working visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to Germany on April 25–28. This was announced by the Vice-Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov during a working meeting held by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on a digital system last Monday.

The President of Turkmenistan creates all conditions for providing the fuel and energy complex with modern equipment and technical means in order to accelerate the development of oil and gas fields in the country, the drilling and construction of new wells.

In Turkmenistan, much attention is paid to the development of sports and mass physical culture, the professional training and comprehensive development of young athletes and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Based on this, this year, which is being held under the motto “Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar”, competitions in various sports are regularly held.

International company “Yasir Basir” has started transporting liquefied petroleum gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan by road through Afghanistan.

A number of countries that are members of the OPEC + alliance, from Monday, May 1, voluntarily reduce oil production in addition to their quotas as part of an agreement with partners and will keep it at this level until the end of 2023, Interfax reports.

The international forum on attracting foreign investment in the oil and gas industry of Turkmenistan, held on April 26-27 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, brought together representatives of the world's leading companies and identified potential partners for the oil and gas industry, opened new horizons for expanding existing mutually beneficial ties. This was noted in the address of the participants of the visiting forum to the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Optimal options for solving the urgent problem of utilizing large volumes of sulfur, which remains in the process of natural gas production at the fields of Turkmenistan, have been developed by specialists from the Scientific Research Institute of Natural Gas of the State Concern “Turkmengas”.