Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed to further expand intergovernmental contacts, as well as to search for ways to develop cooperation in the oil and gas sector, the electric power industry, water environment and ecology.
Representatives of public organizations, relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan discussed the creation of a national system for responding to violence against women in the country during a seminar organized in Ashgabat by UNDP and UNFPA.
Mohammad Fayazi, Head of the Representative Office of the UN Children's Fund in Turkmenistan, noted the country's high contribution to the implementation of various programs of the organization, noting that the Turkmen side invests more than $83 million through UNICEF in immunization of the population.
The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which is part of the Southern Gas Corridor, will increase its capacity to 20 billion cubic meters of gas by 2027 thanks to investments in the overhaul of the branch, said Luca Shippati, managing director of TAP AG, in an interview with the Interfax news agency.
The Turkmen delegation is taking part in the XV Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS member states, which is being held in Tashkent.
A new residential complex of forty four-storey houses near the Turkmenabat International Airport was solemnly put into operation with all the necessary infrastructure, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
New Zealand's parliament has passed legislation to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, RNZ radio reported on Tuesday. According to the RNZ, the law adopted in the third reading was "another step towards the goal of the government of Aotearoa (New Zealand) to make the country smoke-free by 2025."
Turkmenistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan intend to establish a working group on cooperation in the field of Turkmen natural gas supplies. This was announced on Wednesday by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at a joint press conference with his Turkmen and Azerbaijani counterparts in Avaza, on Wednesday.
For citizens of Turkmenistan who wish to enroll in a master's or doctoral program in the United States, applications for the GRE Program for the spring of 2023 are open. Information about this is published on the website of the American Embassy in Ashgabat.
A practical seminar held in Turkmenabat by specialists from the Hydrometeorological Services operating in Ashgabat and regions of the country, as well as experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, UNDP and the Green Climate Fund was devoted to proper use of hydrological equipment and instruments that serve to monitor the hydrological regime of the waters of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other water bodies.
The first ladies of Turkey, Emine Erdogan, and wife of the President of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva, visited the exhibition of Turkmen crafts, accompanied by Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedova, wife of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Turkmenistan.
"For this purpose, there are all the necessary communications - railway tracks and approaches to highways. The facility can become a "dry"port as part of the development of a port special economic zone," Igor Babushkin, the governor of the Astrakhan Region, wrote in his Telegram channel.
At the ceremony held at the Avaza Congress Center, in the presence of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, there were signed the agreements on trade, science, education, culture, customs, energy and transport between the three countries.
The III International Conference "The role of interaction of political parties and blocs in inter-parliamentary cooperation of the CIS countries", was held in Moscow on Wednesday.
“The Avaza Summit is the most recent and concrete example of our efforts. Energy, transport and commercial issues will be the main items on the agenda of our summit. On this occasion, we will also sign various agreements to strengthen the contractual basis of our relations,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a press conference on Tuesday ahead of the Turkey-Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan summit.
