The first meeting of the heads of customs services in the Central Asia-China format took place. The meeting was held via videoconference, chaired by the head of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and with the participation of the leadership of the customs departments of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
On Saturday, the executive director of the Iran Transport Development Fund announced the possibility of using the financial resources of Russia and India to implement transport infrastructure projects in the country.
FC Arkadag defeated Mary's Energetik in the match of the preliminary round of the Turkmenistan Football Cup. The match, held at the Nisa stadium in Ashgabat, ended with a score of 4:0 in favor of Arkadag.
The Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a scientific conference on "Water resources management in the context of climate change" on Saturday.
A museum of the famous sports society has opened in Moscow in honor of the centenary of Dynamo. You can see the brightest victories of the legendary club and learn about those who won the highest awards in the new historical gallery in Petropavlovsk Park, RIA Novosti reports.
The foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan with the CIS countries in January-March 2023 reached $4.77 billion, of which the volume of exports amounted to $1.69 billion, and the volume of imports - $3.07 billion.
Istanbul's Sultanahmet Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, is once again welcoming visitors and worshipers after five years of restoration work. The opening ceremony, which was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took place on Friday. On the same day, the first service after a long break was held here, TRT channel reports.
Energy security, development of the oil and gas complex in the region and environmental issues were discussed by the participants of the XV Caspian Energy Forum, held in Moscow on April 20. The meeting of experts from the region took place in person and online, and the Russian State Geological Prospecting University named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze acted as the platform for the symposium, TASS reports.
On Thursday, April 20, 6 deals totaling $1.3 million and 12.1 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
The British company Gaffney, Cline & Associates, which specializes in providing consultations in the energy sector, is considering with Turkmennebit Group of Companies the possibility of attracting investments in the country's oil industry. This is reported by Trend with reference to the company's project management director Drew Powell.
Garagumgurluşyk specialists of the Garagumderýägurluşyk production association have started work on expanding the Karakum riverbed at 173 — 456 kilometers in the Mary region, the Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
Turkmen athlete Anastasia Morgenstern was awarded the highest standard award on the fourth day of the qualifying tournament for the World Championship, which takes place from April 18 to 22 in Tashkent.
The head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, said that the company will be ready for a new launch of the superheavy Starship rocket in 1-2 months, Interfax reports.
The crew members of the tenth manned spacecraft of the People's Republic of China "Shenzhou-15" held a communication session with students and schoolchildren of the SCO countries.
The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the regular meeting of the Commission on Economic Issues under the CIS Economic Council, which was held in Moscow. This is reported by the press service of the Commonwealth.
