China's first major cruise ship, Adora Magic City, departed Shanghai port on Monday for its first commercial voyage. On the evening of January 1, the Magic City of Adora left the pier, beginning its journey to South Korea and Japan.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) Chief Executive Officer Breshna Sherkat Alhaj Mullah Muhammad Hanif Hamza and his accompanying delegation met with Energy Minister Annageldi Saparov and the management of Turkmenenergo during a two-day visit to Turkmenistan. During the visit, an energy supply agreement for 2024 was signed.

The Japanese government intends to strengthen decarbonization ties with five Central Asian countries by signing memorandums of cooperation. Following the government's plan, Japanese firms will help enterprises in the region to introduce renewable energy sources and energy-saving technologies.

The delegation of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan paid a working visit to the city of Shenzhen, a major industrial, financial and transport center of China.

The first meeting of the railway administrations of the countries participating in the multimodal transport corridor “Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Iran – Turkey” was held in Istanbul, where important issues related to the development of this transport route were discussed, the information and analytical media center of Uzbekistan Temir Yollari JSC reports.

In the first quarter of 2024, Turkmen Airlines plans to expand its operating network by adding three new routes, including the resumption of service. These are the directions Ashgabat – Abu Dhabi from January 5, Ashgabat - Ho Chi Minh City from March 5 and Ashgabat – Milan from March 6.

In 10 months of 2023, the mutual trade turnover between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation in physical terms increased by 8% to 535 thousand tons. At the same time, Russian exports increased by 5.5%, while imports from Turkmenistan increased by 21%. Supplies from Turkmenistan to Russia for food products and agricultural raw materials increased by 33%, for chemical industry products – by 57%, Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dmitry Volvach said during the 9th meeting of the High-level Group on Trade and Investment Support within the framework of the Intergovernmental Russian-Turkmen Commission on Economic Cooperation.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at the next meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, focused on the development of the North-South corridor with access to the states of the Middle East, Iran, Pakistan and India.

The multi-service logistics operator PEC has launched the delivery of groupage cargo between Turkmenistan and Russia along the eastern branch of the North-South ITC. Regular flights depart once every two weeks, and their number will increase next year, logistics.ru. reports.

Dragon Oil in Turkmenistan has opened its new office in Ashgabat. The ceremony was attended by the company's executive director Ali Rashid Al Jarwan and Chairman of the state concern Turkmennebit Guvanch Agajanov, the UAE Embassy in Turkmenistan reported on its social networks.