For the first time, Turkmenistan took part in the meeting of the Permanent Secretariat of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission, which was held in Tbilisi on Tuesday, December 5. The Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the IPC TRACECA Asset Asavbayev and other members welcomed Turkmenistan, with the accession to the international program of cooperation between the European Union and partner countries on the organization of the transport corridor "Europe - Caucasus - Asia", the number of its participants reached 14.

The next Turkmen-Russian business forum is being prepared. It will take place on the sidelines of the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said this at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov on Monday.

The US-Turkmenistan Business Council (USTBC) will hold its annual business mission in Ashgabat this week, December 5-7. The mission will include roundtable discussions with a number of senior Turkmenistan government officials, as well as interaction with the US Embassy, USTBC said.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, participating in the work of the SOR28 World Climate Summit in Dubai, attended the signing ceremony of a number of agreements between government agencies and business structures of Kazakhstan and other countries, the press service of Akorda reported on Saturday, December 2.

Afghanistan hopes for the speedy resumption of interbank financing channels for the implementation of the Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. The trade attaché of Afghanistan in Ashgabat, Mohammad Harun Saidi, told a TASS correspondent.

Negotiations are taking place in Ashgabat between the railway administrations of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, in which the head of the Afghan Railways Department Bakht-ur-Rahman Sharafat arrived in the Turkmen capital on November 30.

From December 4 to 7, 2023, the II International Exhibition EURASIA EXPO- 2023 will be held in Tehran at the Central Exhibition Complex. The business program of the event is planned to include delegations from Turkmenistan, the Russian Federation, Pakistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

A seminar on Turkmenistan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and trade protection measures was held in Ashgabat from November 27 to 30 at the Yildiz Hotel. The event is organized by the Central Asia Trade Program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the support of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan.

Trade turnover between Russia and Turkmenistan this year increased by 11.6%, this is a huge breakthrough, Mikhail Rumyantsev, executive director of the Russian-Turkmen Business Council says. According to him, the growth of this indicator is affected by the increase in transportation - by 125.8% - through Turkmenistan from Iran to different regions of Russia, and there is huge potential for increasing the indicator. He spoke about this at the 4th International Foreign Economic Forum “Challenges and Solutions for Business: Synergy of Competencies”, organized by the Russian Economic University. G.V. Plekhanov, dedicated to the international transport corridor North - South, Russian Railways Partner writes.

The Energy Investment Forum within the framework of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program was held in Tbilisi on November 28-29. The event is organized jointly by the Government of Georgia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The forum was attended by a delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by Deputy Minister of Energy Serdar Saparov.