Turkmenistan's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Serdarmammet Garajayev, took part in a solemn ceremony held in Dubai on Monday in the presence of numerous dignitaries, when Dragon Oil presented its new logo and announced plans to increase production.

Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that the government of Pakistan, which is experiencing energy shortages and uses very expensive sources, is actively cooperating with Turkmenistan on import of gas.

The President of the Republic of Iraq is ready to pay an official visit to Turkmenistan in the near future. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to the media following the visit of the Turkmen delegation headed by the chairman of the State Concern "Turkmengaz" from October 5 to 8 to Baghdad, distributed on Sunday through the state information agency TDH.

Uzbekistan is strengthening on the London Stock Exchange and was the first among the CIS countries to place sovereign "green" bonds in national currency worth 4.25 trillion soms and Eurobonds worth $ 660 million on the exchange. Two tranches are planned to be repaid in 2028 and 2026, respectively, the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan reports.

In Kabul on Saturday, a contract was signed with a local private company to carry out the remaining work to complete the 500 kV Turkmenistan-Afghanistan power transmission line.

Technical working sessions on trade policy issues organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) were held in Turkmenistan from October 2-6. The purpose of the sessions was to prepare a Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) – a key document for negotiations on Turkmenistan's accession to the WTO.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with the Minister of State, Chairman of the state concern "Turkmengaz" Maksat Babayev and his accompanying delegation, Mawazine News reported on Saturday, citing a statement from the office of the head of the Iraqi government.

Iraqi and Turkmenistan officials met in Baghdad on Thursday and discussed signing a gas supply contract following their initial agreement in August, the official Iraqi News Agency reported on Friday.

During the regular meeting of the Turkmen government on the results of the work for the first nine months of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Amanov reported to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the results of the work of the supervised oil and gas industry.

In January-September of this year, the growth rate for the performance of works and the provision of services of the Transport and Communication Agency (TCA) under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan as a whole amounted to 123.3%.