On Tuesday, May 31, 5 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of 11.4 million US dollars and 11.1 million Turkmen manats, ORIENT reports.

The spot price of gas in Europe has exceeded $1,000 per thousand cubic meters amid the failed generation of wind farms, as well as the refusal of the Netherlands and Denmark from the new payment system for Russian gas and the cessation of its supply to these buyers, Interfax reports.

The next meeting on Afghanistan of special representatives and special envoys of the countries of Central Asia and the EU was held on May 31 in Almaty, during which international and regional efforts for a peaceful resolution of the Afghan crisis were discussed, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

Oil prices rise on Tuesday morning on the news that the leaders of the countries of the European Union have agreed on a partial ban on the import of Russian oil, Interfax reports.

These days, the departments for the overhaul of wells of the trust «Nebitgazduypliabatlayysh» of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» increase the pace of work. This is evidenced by the results of work performed in January-April of the current year on the repair and commissioning of wells that have reduced or ceased their productivity.

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

Preparations for the Sixth Caspian summit, which is scheduled to take place in Turkmenistan, were discussed at the fourth meeting of the High Level Working Group on the Caspian Sea, held in Tehran last week. This was reported on Saturday by the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.

Last Friday, Mary city hosted an international conference dedicated to the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and the impact of the project on the socio-economic development of the region, ORIENT reports with reference to the organizers of the forum.

Issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of hydrogen energy were discussed at a meeting of the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Vienna with the newly appointed Director General of the United Nations for Industrial Development (UNIDO) Gerd Muller, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reported on Friday.

Issues of socio-economic development of the northern region of our country were discussed on Thursday at an off-site meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, which was held by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who arrived on Thursday with a holiday trip to Dashoguz region.

In accordance with the «Action Plan for the implementation of the State Cybersecurity Program of Turkmenistan for 2022-2025», a cybersecurity competition was held at the Balkanabat Oil Secondary Vocational School of the State Concern «Turkmennebit».

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a resolution instructing the Ministry of Finance and Economy to prepare drafts of the State Budget for 2023 and other state programs by November 1.

On the sidelines of the May 23 session in Tehran on reforms and prospects for cooperation in the Economic Cooperation Organization region, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Khadzhiev met with Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Mehdi Safari. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov last Tuesday received Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-US Business Council Eric Stewart and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Nicklaus Companies John Reese, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

These days, specialists and employees of the gas facilities organization located in the Gurbansoltan eje etrap of the Dashoguz region of the “Dashoguzgazupjunchilik” department demonstrate effective work.