The Air Transport Agency - "Türkmenhowaýollary" - continues to hold the lead among the sectors of the transport and communications complex in increasing the volume of services provided for a number of months. Civil aviation is making up for lost time during the pandemic and is actively expanding its flight geography, demonstrating a trajectory of soaring performance after forced downtime. The other day, the first flight of Turkmen Airlines on the regular Ashgabat-Kuala Lumpur route was solemnly welcomed in the capital of Malaysia.

At a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, after hearing the report of Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture Tangryguly Atahalliyev on the results of the work of the supervised departments in January, again raised the topic of the importance of rational use of water in agriculture. In this context, the head of state pointed out to the Deputy Prime Minister the tasks of modernizing water supply systems.

Turkmen oil and gas condensate producers fulfilled the production plan for January with a slight excess - by 100.3%. In particular, the state concern "Turkmenneft" - 100.1%. The processing industries of the fuel and energy complex fulfilled the plan by 101.9 percent. Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Amanov reported this at a meeting of the government of Turkmenistan on Friday.

Turkmenistan's GDP growth in January 2024 remained at the level of 6.3%. During this time, 8.2% more products were produced in the country than in January last year, and trade turnover increased by 10.6%. Such macroeconomic data were presented by Deputy Prime Minister Hojamyrat Geldimyradov at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday, January 16, following the results of the first month of the year.

A meeting with the head of the France-Turkmenistan Chamber of Commerce, Marie-Helene Berard, was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on Friday. Deputy Foreign Minister Mahri Bashimova noted the positive dynamics of the development of trade and economic relations between the two countries. At the same time, the potential for building up Turkmenistan's business partnership with French companies in the field of energy, oil and gas complex, transport and healthcare was emphasized.

The delegation of the agency "Turkmendenizderyayollary" (Sea and river routes of Turkmenistan) visited the seaport of Valencia in Spain on January 14-15. The trip was undertaken within the framework of the OSCE project to promote "green" ports on the Caspian Sea, according to the agency's website.

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have reached a preliminary agreement on taxation, which is aimed at increasing investment, developing cooperation and optimizing national and international trade.

Employees of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics completed a 10-day training in Tokyo. A series of training seminars was held from February 5 to 15 under the program of joint knowledge creation in the field of statistical methods by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

As part of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to the UAE and participation in the World Government Summit in Dubai, on Tuesday, February 13, Chairman of the State Committee for the Construction of the city Arkadag Deryageldi Orazov met with Deputy Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Jo Siyong.

The organization of the next American business mission to Turkmenistan during this year was discussed at a meeting of Turkmen diplomats with the leadership of the Turkmenistan-USA Business Council, held on Monday, January 12.