The Department of Economic Affairs of Pakistan has asked the country's Ministry of Commerce to speed up the signing of the Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) between Pakistan and Turkmenistan, Business Recorder reported, citing informed sources.

North-South JSC has been established in Russia, the “Turkmenavtoulaglary” Agency reports with reference to the official portal of legal information of the Russian Federation.

“Çalık Holding, whose chairman is Ahmet Çalık, received a package of guarantees from Europe worth $586 million through its Swiss subsidiary Çalık Enerji Swiss.

In Moscow, at Gostiny Dvor, the four-day Eurasian exhibition-congress of light industry “Legprom CIS+” is taking place, its task is to strengthen the integration of the CIS countries. The exhibition introduces the best examples of the region's products, in particular textiles, fur, clothing and linen, bags and accessories, as well as technologies and equipment for their production.

“We have the opportunity to share best practices and know-how in the field of digital IT projects and management tools, such as innovative 4D and 5D BIM techniques, as well as in the location analytics sector,” Dario Lo Bosco, President of the Italian Railways RFI network wrote in Linkedin, commenting on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at a meeting with Mammetkhan Chakyev, head of the Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

During 2024, the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange plans to significantly increase trade turnover with Turkmenistan by realizing the export potential of the exchange platform.

Cotton sowing started in Turkmenistan on Wednesday, March 20. Cotton growers from the Ahal, Balkan, Lebap and Mary regions joined the mass campaign. In the Dashoguz region, sowing will begin in a week, on March 27.

Italy and Turkmenistan have agreed on cooperation in the field of rail transport, port and maritime communications within the framework of agreements signed during negotiations between Italian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Matteo Salvini and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Deputy Prime Minister Rashid Meredov on Wednesday.

The possibility of establishing a regional training center by the World Customs Organization under the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan was discussed at a meeting of the Turkmen delegation with the new Secretary General of the WCO, Jan Saunders.

As part of the joint project of UNDP and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan “Sustainable Cities: Integrated Development of Green Cities in Ashgabat and Avaza”, a series of events to improve energy efficiency were held from March 13 to 20 in the city of Mary. These include a training seminar on innovative energy efficiency technologies in the electricity industry and an international conference on the topic “Prospects for the introduction of “green” innovative technologies for energy efficiency in the electricity industry of Turkmenistan.” The events were organized in cooperation with the Sustainable Energy Connections in Central Asia (SECCA) project, funded by the European Union.