National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking at a meeting of the Khalk Maslahaty, said that the basis for the success of Turkmenistan is state independence.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will host the leaders of five Central Asian countries next week, EURACTIV reported, citing German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit.

The XXVIII International Conference and Exhibition "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan" (OGT 2023), which will be held in Ashgabat on October 25-27, will bring together oil and gas industry specialists from different countries, heads of leading specialized companies, as well as high-ranking representatives of international organizations to discuss topical issues of prospecting, exploration and production of hydrocarbons at the regional and global level. Authoritative speakers representing the leading energy companies and organizations have already confirmed their participation. During the plenary sessions it will be possible to hear from President of SOCAR Rovshan Najaf , Corresponding Member, Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan Rakhman Ecedullaev, Senior Technical Market Manager, Middle East and Central Asia, BASF Middle East Chemicals LLC Ashraf Abu Faris, XP Upgreen Director Bart Wauterickx, Chief Technical Adviser, Mitro International Limited Igor Shevchenko as well as heads of other international organizations and energy companies.

The ancient city of Gordion, located in Turkey, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

A delegation from Turkmenistan took part in a three-day course on the work of seaport administrations, which took place in Barcelona. The training introduced participants to the activities of the innovative port of Barcelona, which is the largest in the Mediterranean.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation on Friday, September 22.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone congratulated the head of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on his 42nd birthday, the Turkmen state news agency reports.

Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Japan Atadurdy Bayramov met today with the chairman of the Japan-Turkmenistan interparliamentary friendship group Toshiaki Endo, the website of the Turkmen diplomatic mission in the Land of the Rising Sun reports.

The Great Silk Road was once a road of modernization, today it is reviving and entails a new wave of modernization to strengthen trade contacts and connectivity of markets, said the director of the Center for Strategic Studies of the IMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, speaking at the Forum of Analytical Centers "China - Central Asia".

President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will meet with the heads of Central Asian states in Berlin, according to the official website the President of Germany.