During a government meeting, Director General of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakiev reported to the Turkmen leader on the work to determine the national operator for international road and rail freight transportation in the context of the accession of Kazakhstan, Qatar and India to the “Lyapis Lazur” transport corridor, connecting highways and railways Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, as well as to the transport corridor Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman.

During a government meeting on Friday, President Berdimuhamedov approved the construction projects of two RO-RO class ferries with an open deck, as well as one dry cargo ship, presented by the Director General of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakiev.

The draft Roadmap for the development of international cooperation of Turkmenistan in the field of hydrogen energy for 2022-2023 was presented on Friday, January 21, at a government meeting.

During a working trip to the Dashoguz region, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was presented with new projects for the development of the country's electric power industry.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing support to the government of Turkmenistan in the development of the Ashgabat Stock Exchange, Trend reports citing USAID public relations specialist Tammy Palchikov.

Specialists of the Lebapgazchygarysh Department of the Turkmengas State Concern produced 12.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2021, exceeding the plan by 34%. This is reported by the website of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have increased mutual trade fivefold over the past four years, and in 2021 its volume increased by 65%, amounting to about $880 million. This was discussed at a meeting between Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov.

The special geographical position of the Astrakhan region opens up great prospects for development. They were discussed in the Kremlin today. Vladimir Putin spoke with the head of the region, Igor Babushkin, about current tasks and problems, and the fight against COVID-19. Also, about how to use the vast potential, the First Channel of Russian TV reports.

Figures provided by the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) show that trade between Afghanistan and the three Central Asian states - Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - has increased in the current (solar) year.

Last week, twelve tenders were announced in Turkmenistan from the Ministry of Industry, SC “Turkmennebit”, consortium "Hazar", “Rysgal” bank, State Development Bank of Turkmenistan, PETRONAS and Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company. The date of the next auction for the sale of state property has also been announced.