Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met on Thursday with the heads of the United Nations agencies accredited in Turkmenistan - the UN Resident Coordinator Dmitry Shlapachenko, the representative of the UN Development Program Narine Sahakyan, acting. head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Philip Saprykin.
The Office of Ombudsperson with the support of the UNDP in Turkmenistan actively participated in the series of online regional workshops on Accreditation by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in the framework of the newly launched Accreditation Program of Asian Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF).
The head of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, discussed preparations for the presidential elections in the country during a face-to-face meeting in Ashgabat with Chargé d'Affaires of the Ashgabat Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mr. R. Castberg, as well as in an online format with the General Secretary of the Organization of Turkic States, Mr. B. Amreev.
On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed by phone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov key issues of Turkmen-Russian cooperation.
The initiative groups of citizens to nominate candidates for the presidency of Turkmenistan were registered by the CEC.
On February 22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov, who will arrive in Russia on a working visit. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova at a briefing on Wednesday.
“We have always believed that the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor lies in the fact that it can be expanded and carry additional gas to Europe. We are open to all opportunities to increase gas supplies to Europe,” US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earl Litzenberger told representatives of local media on Wednesday, Trend reports.
On Wednesday, at a meeting of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, Deputy Head of the Mary region Agadzhan Bekmyradov, nominated by the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan, was registered as a candidate for the presidency of the country.
At the auction on Friday evening, Brent crude futures for delivery in April 2022 were trading at above $95, having gained more than 4% in price. This is the highest figure since October 2014.
As Europe deals with significant energy price increases, Italy, which imports more than 95% of its energy, sees diversification of gas supplies as a "strategic necessity". Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Manlio Di Stefano, in particular, monitors the energy dossier and Italy's relations with the countries of Central Asia that are major gas producers.
In 2021, Turkmenistan produced the largest volume of natural gas in 30 years of independent development - 83 billion 772.9 million cubic meters. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex Shahym Abdrakhmanov, reporting on the results of the past year in the oil and gas industries at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, during a working video conference on Tuesday, discussed with government members the proposed construction of a processing industrial complex on the Turkmen Afghan border.
The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ankara held a briefing on the results of the development of Turkmenistan in the political, economic and cultural spheres in 2021.
Today, Ms. Narine Sahakyan, newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, has presented her credentials to His Excellency Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan will consider the possibility of transiting its natural gas through neighboring states to the countries of the Middle and Near East. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex Shahym Abdrakhmanov to study this issue at a working meeting on Tuesday.
