In the first quarter of this year, the transport and communications sector of Turkmenistan achieved high growth rates in the performance of works and services - in the whole complex they amounted to 122.3%. This follows from the report of Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications Mammetkhan Chakiev at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Saturday.
Over 126,000 square meters of housing in rural areas have been built in Turkmenistan in three months of this year. The construction of residential houses for the villagers is carried out within the framework of the medium-term program for the development of the regions of the country, which also provides for the construction of industrial, infrastructural and social facilities.
In the oil and gas industry of Turkmenistan, the highest indicators for the three months of this year were achieved by diesel fuel producers - their planned indicators were exceeded by 8.6%.
A ship with humanitarian aid from Russia, for the victims of the devastating February earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, arrived in the Turkish port of Unye on the Black Sea coast. This was reported by the Anadolu agency with reference to local authorities.
On Saturday, April 15, 5 deals totaling $1.9 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
Turkmenistan proposed to prepare a draft six-party framework agreement in the field of international information security and to hold the first Festival of Culture and Arts of the Peoples of Central Asia and Russia.
Macroeconomic indicators of Turkmenistan over the past three months of the year indicate a stable growth in production. At the same time, retail trade turnover increased by 9.5% compared to the same period last year, while the volume of foreign trade increased by 8.4%.
National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday.
On Saturday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree pardoning convicted persons in honor of the Muslim holy night of the fasting month Oraza - the Night of Power (Gadyr gijesi).
In its monthly report, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) maintained its forecast of global oil demand growth. According to the document, the demand for black gold will grow by 2.32 million barrels per day.
Minister of Construction and Architecture of Turkmenistan Guvanch Orunov signed an order on the inspection of technical, qualitative and aesthetic characteristics of building materials imported into the country. Document has been published on the website of the Turkmen Ministry of Justice.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday.
US President Joe Biden said that he had already made a decision regarding the second presidential term.
American automaker Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, has opened a new subsidiary in China with an authorized capital of $ 2 million. This followed the announcement by the company about the construction of a new plant for the production of Megapack batteries, reports Investing.com.
The automatic interplanetary station JUICE of the European Space Agency has been successfully launched into orbit and is already conducting an independent flight to the largest planet of the Solar System — Jupiter, the press service of the operator Arianespace reports.
