Turkey is ready to transit Turkmen natural gas to European markets and will do everything possible for this. This was stated by Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez during the IV Turkish-German Energy Forum in Berlin, Anadolu agency reports.
Iran has increased trade turnover with Central Asian countries by 40% through the Khorasan-Razavi province, bordering the Akhal region of Turkmenistan, thanks to the simplification of the transit of goods through the neighboring country, IRNA reports.
The growth of Turkmenistan's gross domestic product for the first nine months of 2022 amounted to 6.2%. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at an expanded meeting of the government of the country dedicated to the results of the socio-economic development of the country for three quarters of this year.
The volume of lending to the private sector of Turkmenistan increased by 34.3% in 10 months of 2022 compared to the same period last year.
About 416 thousand square meters of housing have been built since the beginning of 2022 in the peripheral regions of Turkmenistan as part of the National Rural Program aimed at improving the living standards of the villagers.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan reported that the delegation of the country, which is on a visit to Turkmenistan, reached agreements on important issues related to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline under construction.
Iran is working on a project to connect the national electricity grid to Russia via a transmission line passing through Turkmenistan, Deputy Energy Minister for International Affairs Mohammad-Ali Farahnakian has announced, according to iranpress.com.
Tehran hosted the first ministerial summit on transit cooperation between Iran and five Central Asian countries – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the leadership of the transport sector of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran itself. On October 8, a preliminary meeting of the responsible persons of each of the parties was held, at which a joint document on regional transport convergence was agreed.
A six-party meeting at the level of deputy ministers of transport of Iran and Central Asian countries was held on Saturday in Tehran, on the eve of the first summit of industry leaders of these states. The main topic of today's meeting is the coordination of the provisions of the joint document, which will be adopted by the ministers following the talks on Sunday, October 9.
14 deals totaling $12.2 million and 10.7 million Turkmen manats were concluded at the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SCRMET).
Dragon Oil (UAE) will act as a platinum partner at the International Conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan" (OGT-2022), which will be held on October 26-28 in Ashgabat.
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan Dovletgeldy Rejepov took part in the meeting of the International Council of Business Cooperation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Caspian region "Business Caspian".
The Ready4Trade project has announced recruitment for a free three-day training course for women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan on the topic «Developing skills and competencies in foreign economic activity».
Turkmenistan proposes to form a unified "commodity distribution system" for the Caspian region countries. This was stated on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister Hojamyrat Geldimyradov at the plenary session of the second Caspian Economic Forum in Moscow.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Turkmen government Khojamyrat Geldymyradov, speaking at the Caspian Economic Forum in Moscow on Thursday, called on the Caspian countries to cooperate in the energy sector.
