Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree approving an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with Turkmenistan and Turkey, Trend reports.

A wide range of issues of cooperation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres were discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran for consular and parliamentary issues, as well as for Iranian expatriates Alireza Bikdeli. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

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

The results of the work of the sectors of the national economy for January of this year were summed up at a government meeting, which President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held last Friday via a digital system.

In January Turkmenistan's GDP increased by 6.2% compared to the same month last year. This was said by Vice-Chairman Hojamyrat Geldimyradov, speaking last Friday at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

In January, the volume of capital investments in Turkmenistan, utilized from all sources of financing, amounted to over 2 billion manats. This is 9.1% more than in January last year. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a government meeting last Friday.

The organizers of the event, which will be held in Dubai on April 26-27, announced the opening of registration for the International Roadshow to Attract Foreign Investments in the Energy Sector of Turkmenistan. Among the organizers of the forum are the State Concerns «Turkmengas» and «Turkmennebit», as well as the State Corporation «Turkmengeology» in partnership with the company «Turkmen Forum» with the support of the British company GaffneyCline.

BP recently issued two press releases regarding future gas developments from existing oil and gas fields in the Caspian region. According to Turkmen Forum experts, these plans strengthen the prospects for organizing the export of natural gas from Turkmenistan to the European direction.

On Tuesday, January 31, 6 transactions were concluded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of $4.5 million and 504 thousand Turkmen manats, ORIENT reports.

The «Abraýly dostlar» enterprise, located in the Ak Bugday etrap of the Ahal region, has started production of polypropylene multifilament textured, technical and twisted threads, Business Turkmenistan reports.

Rönesans Endüstri Tesisleri, one of the companies of the Turkish Rönesans Holding group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the project of a second plant for the production of gasoline from natural gas in the Akhal region of Turkmenistan. This was reported by the Turkish news agency Bloomberg HT.

On Monday, January 30, 9 transactions worth over $19 million were concluded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, Orient reports.

A gas summit is planned to be held in Istanbul on February 14-15 with the participation of representatives of countries exporting «blue» fuel from Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Fatih Donmez, Anadolu agency reports.

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

Representatives of the Maritime and River Transport Agency of Turkmenistan held video conference talks with Dragon Oil (UAE) last week, during which issues of further expansion of cooperation were discussed. This is reported by the website of the Agency «Turkmendenizderyayollary».