The President of Turkmenistan, during an expanded meeting of the government, summing up the development of the national economic complex over the past year, noted that GDP growth amounted to 6.2%. The highest performance was achieved in the trade sector - 8.9%, in industry – 6.3% and in agriculture – 5.7%.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved the Program of socio-economic development of Turkmenistan for 2023, which was presented at an expanded meeting of the country's Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.
The head of the World Bank, David Malpass, said that the bank will provide Turkey with $ 1 billion 780 million to help with rescue and recovery work after devastating earthquakes and aftershocks, Anadolu agency reports.
The volume of cargo transportation in Kazakhstan along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) increased 2.5 times in 2022 and amounted to 1.5 million tons of cargo, The Astana Times reports following a meeting of the TMTM Association.
The 16th meeting of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) takes place on Friday, February 10, in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. The Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan is also represented at the annual meeting of the heads of the transport sector of the participating countries.
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and the energy ministers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discussed the possibilities of trilateral cooperation in the gas industry at a meeting on February 9, Gazprom reports.
The Ministry of Energy of Turkmenistan invites representatives of business and organizations to take part in the international exhibition "Construction, Industry, Energy of Turkmenistan-2023" (Turkmen Energetika-2023) and the conference "Development of the construction industry and energy industry of Turkmenistan", which will be held in Ashgabat on August 6-7.
The speaker of the lower house of the Pakistani parliament, Raja Pervez Ashraf, at a meeting with the Turkmen Ambassador Atajan Movlamov, proposed to join forces to expand regional communications by air, land and sea, the Daily Times reports.
Representatives of the Turkmen Consulate General in Herat, Afghanistan, discussed with local authorities an increase in the supply of marble from Afghanistan to Turkmenistan, Bakhtar news reports.
Turkmenistan aims to introduce an improved transit system of the CAREC, the website of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan reports.
A devastating earthquake in Turkey may shift the timing of the creation of a gas hub on the territory of the country, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced a competition named AgVenture, the winners of which will receive grants, consulting assistance and the opportunity to promote their business, according to a press release from the EBRD.
Russia and Iran have officially signed an agreement to connect their interbank payment systems. Iran's Shahr Bank and Russia's VTB Bank will lead a project to connect 158 banks and facilitate payments, investments and other joint projects, including transport.
On Tuesday, February 7, 50 deals totaling $38.4 million and 26 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
On Monday, February 6, 8 deals totaling $16.2 were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the correspondent of ORIENT reports.
