The international gas hub for the supply of natural gas to Europe through Turkey will work for a maximum of a year. This was stated by Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez.

In the first quarter of 2023, the transshipment of oil by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium increased, Trend reports with reference to the national company of Kazakhstan "KazMunayGas".

On Saturday, May 20, 2 deals worth over $3 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

Turkmenistan will take part in the international exhibition of textile equipment in Milan - Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Atdayev reported on the upcoming trip of industry representatives to Italy at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Sunday.

"Turkmenistan Airlines" will operate flights on the opened first cargo route between the UK and Vietnam in transit through Turkmenistan.

In order to attract cargo from Europe to the Europe-Caucasus-Asia routes, the permanent secretariat of the TRACECA intergovernmental commission intends to launch pilot cargo transportation by semi-trailers with replaceable tractor-trailers. This is reported by Trend, referring to the press service of the intergovernmental commission.

More than 260 hectares of land have already been occupied for cutting decorative flowers in the northern Iranian province of Mazendaran. The local department of the Ministry of Agriculture plans to export these products to Turkmenistan, as well as Kazakhstan and Russia, the Tehran Times reports.

On Friday, May 19, 7 deals totaling $6.9 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

Kabul is considering purchasing oil products from Russian companies and would like to conclude a contract with the Russian oil company “Tatneft”, Afghan Industry and Trade Minister Nuruddin Azizi told Sputnik.

China will allocate $3.72 billion for Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to create new jobs in enterprises funded by the Chinese government, Xinhua reports.