At the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, it was held a meeting between Chairman of the Chamber, Mergen Gurdov, and Ambassador of Iran, Ali Mojtaba Ruzbahani. The parties discussed the directions for developing trade and economic relations and expanding areas of cooperation.

The draft Investment Program of Turkmenistan for 2024 was presented at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday, January 19. Deputy Prime Minister Baymyrat Annamammedov reported on this agenda item.

Specialists of the State Corporation “Turkmengeology” are conducting prospecting work to identify deposits of drinking water in the territories of the country’s regions. Modern technologies and equipment are used in groundwater exploration, Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Amanov reported on this at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.

A draft Program for the socio-economic development of the country for 2024 has been prepared in Turkmenistan. The document was developed by the Ministry of Finance and Economy together with ministries and departments, regional administrations, Ashgabat and Arkadag cities in accordance with the objectives of the national socio-economic strategy and the State Budget for 2024. Deputy Prime Minister Khojamyrat Geldimyradov reported this at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday.

“EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to the rather rapid expansion of the greenhouse business in Turkmenistan …” – this is how the next publication begins on the international information and analytical platform for the business of vegetables and fruits in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

German carbon black distributor PentaCarbon has signed an agreement on “exclusive cooperation” with Turkmen carbon black producer Eziz Dag, marking a significant development in the supply of thermal carbon black N990 to the European market, according to ChemAnalyst, an online platform for analyzing the market and offers of the chemical and petrochemical industries around the world.

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji is on a two-day trip to Ashgabat and held negotiations on the development of cooperation with Turkmenistan in the field of trade in gas and oil products, export of engineering services and oil equipment. This was reported by the IRNA agency with reference to the Iranian oil and gas department.

Representatives of the relevant departments of Turkmenistan and Iran held a meeting on the issues of road freight transportation through the border customs posts Artyk-Lotfabad. The meeting took place on January 16 at the Artyk Ahal customs post.

Uzbekistan is one of two countries in the world that are “twice landlocked,” meaning that you need to cross at least two states to get to the World Ocean. Therefore, today the Uzbek Transport System Development Strategy until 2035 pays special attention to the formation of transport corridors so that local cargo reaches seaports faster.

“New innovation policies for countries with economies in transition in the SPECA subregion” - a guide under this title was released by the UN Economic Commission for Europe.