The special geographical position of the Astrakhan region opens up great prospects for development. They were discussed in the Kremlin today. Vladimir Putin spoke with the head of the region, Igor Babushkin, about current tasks and problems, and the fight against COVID-19. Also, about how to use the vast potential, the First Channel of Russian TV reports.
Understanding, foreseeing and managing demographic processes is necessary to ensure the sustainable development of the country in the future. The only reliable source of data on the size and spatial distribution of the population and its characteristics is the census.
Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who arrived in Tashkent at the head of the government delegation of Turkmenistan, met on Monday with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Figures provided by the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) show that trade between Afghanistan and the three Central Asian states - Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - has increased in the current (solar) year.
Last week, twelve tenders were announced in Turkmenistan from the Ministry of Industry, SC “Turkmennebit”, consortium "Hazar", “Rysgal” bank, State Development Bank of Turkmenistan, PETRONAS and Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company. The date of the next auction for the sale of state property has also been announced.
SC “Turkmennebit” will conclude an additional agreement with PJSC “Tatneft” for the provision of services directed at increasing the discharge of oil wells at the Goturdepe fields.
Turkish company Çalik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. won a tender for the construction of the first hybrid solar-wind power plant with a capacity of 10 MW in Turkmenistan.
With COVID-19 cases still on the rise in India 10 days before Republic Day, the government is considering postponing plans to invite the leaders of the five Central Asian countries as chief guests to the parade and host a summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Hindu writes on Sunday.
A meeting of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Amir Khan Mottaki was held in Ashgabat. According to the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, the foreign ministers of the two neighboring states discussed the development and strengthening of partnership in a wide range of areas.
Adoption of a program in China to create an energy industry, based on the generation of electricity using hydrogen, provoked the growth of shares of engineering companies, producing electric vehicles.
The volume of Turkmen gas exports to Azerbaijan via Iran can be increased to 15 billion cubic meters per year, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owdji said after meeting with the official delegation of Turkmenistan, Trend news agency reported.
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov approved the Program for the Development of Transport Diplomacy until 2025 during a meeting of the government of Turkmenistan on Friday.
President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed to develop a training program for the national teams of Turkmenistan for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Three naval vessels will be built for the Turkmen fleet through loans from the Islamic Development Bank and the OPEC International Development Fund. Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Berdymukhamedov reported on the financing of these projects at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.
The President of Turkmenistan signed a resolution at a government meeting on Friday, ratifying a number of international documents. Among them is the intergovernmental agreement between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of civil defense, prevention and elimination of emergency situations, signed in Ashgabat on October 25, 2021.
