Minister of Energy Ziad Ali Fadel spoke about the ministry’s plans to increase energy production, including those related to the import of energy resources from Turkmenistan and Qatar.

At the auctions of the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan over the past week, representatives of the business circles of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other countries purchased polypropylene, jet fuel, gasoline of various brands, lighting kerosene produced by the enterprises of the state concern Turkmennebit and carbamide from the plants of Turkmenhimiya for foreign currency.

Representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) paid a visit to the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan on March 7. The Japanese delegation at the meeting was headed by Kenji Ogasahara, Director of the JICA Department for East and Central Asia and the Caucasus.

From March 5-7, Ashgabat hosted a national seminar on various transit systems, their requirements and applications, which was organized by the European Union's Program for Border Management Assistance in Central Asia - Phase 10 (BOMCA 10) in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The seminar was attended by 10 employees of the customs service.

The State Association of the Food Industry of Turkmenistan announced the holding of a tender for the supply of 70,045 kg of sugar beet seeds that meet international standards.

At an extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly of the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Turkic Countries, the decision to upgrade the observer status of the Turkmenistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry to full membership was unanimously approved.

Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said that the ministry is exploring alternatives for transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Europe through Turkey.

Petrofac, UAE, a leading provider of services to the global energy industry, has received a contract from Turkmengaz for the maintenance of the Galkynysh gas field.

After the end of the exhibition of Afghan goods in Ashgabat, Acting Minister of Industry and Trade Nuruddin Azizi said that a significant amount of the country's products presented at the three-day exhibition had been sold.

At a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Atayev reported on preparations for the exhibition and conference dedicated to the 16th anniversary of the formation of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the country.