On November 7, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held talks via videoconference with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt

Particular attention was paid to trade and economic relations, including the work of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Cooperation, the 18th meeting of which is planned to be held before the end of the year

Best practices from OSCE participating States for developing effective strategies to successfully navigate the WTO accession process were shared during an OSCE-organized seminar that took place on 6 and 7 November 2024.

Türkiye hosted 49.2 million visitors and accumulated 46.9 billion USD of tourism revenues in the first nine months of 2024. Türkiye’s year-on-year growth in visitor numbers was 9%, and revenues were 7%. Breaking its all-time records for incoming visitors, the country is well-positioned to surpass its year-end target of 60 million visitors.

For the first time Turkmenistan will host the national stage of XCEL (XCEL International Competitions).

An online platform called "People's Five-Year Plan" has been launched in Belarus to discuss citizens' proposals. This was reported by BELTA, with reference to Oleg Romanov, Chairman of the RPO "Belaya Rus" and the Belarusian party "Belaya Rus".

Since the beginning of the year, 16.7 billion cubic meters of water have been directed to the Caspian Sea via the Ural Rive

September-October 2024 saw another major shipment: TULM organized the transportation of vegetable oil from the Becherev railway station in Turkey's Izmir province to the Etrek station in Turkmenistan. From there, the humanitarian cargo was transferred onto CIS railway cars and further delivered to Afghanistan, to the Hayraton and Turgundi railway stations, as part of a large-scale program to deliver essential goods.

UNDP in Turkmenistan invites the residents of Dashoguz city, including active youth, to participate in the Ecological Festival "Development of Ecological Culture," held in honor of the Harvest Festival.

Samarkand has become the venue for the second seminar on the project for the modernization of the hydrometeorological service in Central Asia. This was reported by the National Information Agency of Uzbekistan.