Acting Minister of Industry and Trade of Afghanistan Nuruddin Azizi arrived in Turkmenistan at the head of a representative trade and economic delegation, which also included 15 women entrepreneurs, TOLO news reported.

Shipbuilding and repairing yard «Balkan» offers a range of services in the field of maritime agency. «Balkan» shipyard aims to meet the diverse needs of clients in the maritime transport industry, «Turkmendenizderyayollary» agency reports.

During the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Atdayev presented the results of the work of the departments and companies under his supervision that are part of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

The 55th session of the UN Statistical Commission took place from February 27 to March 1 at the UN headquarters in New York. The meetings were attended by heads and representatives of the national statistical sector of 24 member states of the Commission, observers from other countries, representatives of organizations of the UN system and international and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council.

The sectors of the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan fulfilled the plan for the production of oil and gas condensate in January-February, reaching 100.2%.

Deputy Prime Minister Khojamyrat Geldimyradov, speaking at a government meeting on Friday, presented macroeconomic indicators for January-February 2024.

At a government meeting on Friday, the head of state expressed satisfaction with economic indicators for the first two months of this year. Gross domestic product continues to show resilience, remaining at 6.3%.

The scientific and technical center "Oguz Han" will be established at the Oguz Han University of Engineering and Technology together with the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan. The decree was signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a government meeting on Friday.

On 26 February - 1 March 2024, within the framework of a joint project between UNDP and the Agency “Turkmenaragatnashyk” of the Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan "Assistance in the implementation of a pilot electronic data interchange system in Turkmenistan", a study visit to the Kyrgyz Republic was organized for the state delegation of the Agency “Turkmenaragatnashyk” to explore digitalization efforts in public services.

In 2024, China will increase natural gas imports by 8.2% YOY to 179.1 billion cubic meters, Bloomberg reports, citing forecasts from the country's largest energy company, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC).