At a government meeting on Friday, the head of state expressed satisfaction with economic indicators for the first two months of this year. Gross domestic product continues to show resilience, remaining at 6.3%.

The scientific and technical center "Oguz Han" will be established at the Oguz Han University of Engineering and Technology together with the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan. The decree was signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a government meeting on Friday.

On 26 February - 1 March 2024, within the framework of a joint project between UNDP and the Agency “Turkmenaragatnashyk” of the Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan "Assistance in the implementation of a pilot electronic data interchange system in Turkmenistan", a study visit to the Kyrgyz Republic was organized for the state delegation of the Agency “Turkmenaragatnashyk” to explore digitalization efforts in public services.

In 2024, China will increase natural gas imports by 8.2% YOY to 179.1 billion cubic meters, Bloomberg reports, citing forecasts from the country's largest energy company, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC).

The issues of Turkmen-Uzbek interbank cooperation were the subject of negotiations between Ambassador Shadurda Meredov and Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan Bobir Abubakirov.

On March 5, 2024, at 11:00 am, the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan will hold mobile exchange trading.

Kazakhstan plans to build a new dry port, 24KZ TV channel reports.

The XV International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum” will be held on March 14-19, 2024 in Kazan (Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan).

A business mission from Kazakhstan will arrive in Ashgabat to attend the exhibition on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.

The strategic basis of trade and economic cooperation is partnership in the energy sector, in particular in the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) transnational gas pipeline project, power transmission lines and fiber-optic communications along the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) route. This was discussed at a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on Thursday, February 29, with Ambassador of Pakistan Irfan Ahmed, who was completing his diplomatic mission in the country.