During a government meeting on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov voiced a number of constructive proposals for the progressive development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the European Union.

A new industrial joint venture will be established in the town of Dostluk in the Koytendag district of the Lebap region. The company will produce 250 thousand tons of dry building mixes and 20 million square meters of drywall products per year, which will create new jobs.

At a meeting of the Turkmen government on Saturday, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Batyr Amanov reported on preparations for the International Visiting Forum to attract foreign investment in the oil and gas industry of Turkmenistan - TEIF 2024, which will take place on April 24-25 in Paris.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Saturday, March 23, approved the decision of the general meeting of shareholders of the agency "Turkmen Sea and River Routes" of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers on the dismissal of Annadurdy Kosayev from the post of chairman of this agency in connection with the transition to another job.

Dubai-based Lootah Biofuels produces biodiesel from used vegetable oil, providing environmentally friendly transportation opportunities in a large oil-producing country.

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.