Minister of Energy Ziad Ali Fadel spoke about the ministry’s plans to increase energy production, including those related to the import of energy resources from Turkmenistan and Qatar.
A festival on the occasion of Novruz will again be held on the Turkmen-Iranian border. The Director General of Provincial Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran announced the holding of a joint Iranian-Turkmen festival in the area of the city of Bajgiran in the Khorasan Razavi province in northeastern Iran, IRNA reports.
Turkmenistan Airlines plans to introduce a flight from Ashgabat to London Gatwick in the spring of 2024, which will replace the existing flight landing at London Heathrow Airport. From April 3, the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft will operate weekly flights on this route, according to AeroRoutes, a company that specializes in updating and daily changes to airline schedules/networks around the world.
At the auctions of the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan over the past week, representatives of the business circles of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other countries purchased polypropylene, jet fuel, gasoline of various brands, lighting kerosene produced by the enterprises of the state concern Turkmennebit and carbamide from the plants of Turkmenhimiya for foreign currency.
Representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) paid a visit to the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan on March 7. The Japanese delegation at the meeting was headed by Kenji Ogasahara, Director of the JICA Department for East and Central Asia and the Caucasus.
From March 5-7, Ashgabat hosted a national seminar on various transit systems, their requirements and applications, which was organized by the European Union's Program for Border Management Assistance in Central Asia - Phase 10 (BOMCA 10) in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The seminar was attended by 10 employees of the customs service.
The Iranian Embassy in Ashgabat organized an event on Saturday dedicated to Nizami Ganjavi, a classic of Persian poetry, one of the greatest poets of the medieval East.
National teams of Turkmenistan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Mexico and Luxembourg gathered in the capital of Kyrgyzstan to participate in the World Hockey Championship in the third division of Group A. The Kyrgyz Ice Hockey Federation reports this.
The President of Turkmenistan signed a decree on holding the 15th meeting of the Council of Elders in Ashgabat. The document prescribes the relevant structures of the country to ensure the organization of this event at a high level during March 11-13 of this year.
The city is waking up, and they have been on their feet for a long time. Even before the opening of shops, boutiques, shopping centers and markets, from the very early morning, men, boys, boys and grandfathers are on duty at their entrance. And with the opening of retail outlets, something incredible begins. Moreover, no, it's not Black Friday at all! Rather, it is white, red, pink, fragrant... in a word, "floral" Friday.
Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, Vepa Khadzhiev, met with representatives of the Latter-day Saints Christian charity organization accredited at the Geneva office of the Community of Nations.
A meeting took place in a video conference format between the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy - ADA University and the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
The State Association of the Food Industry of Turkmenistan announced the holding of a tender for the supply of 70,045 kg of sugar beet seeds that meet international standards.
Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), has been elected as the 14th president of Pakistan, Geo News reports. Zardari became head of state for the second time, having previously served as president from 2008 to 2013.
At an extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly of the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Turkic Countries, the decision to upgrade the observer status of the Turkmenistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry to full membership was unanimously approved.
