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On Tuesday, August 30, 13 deals totaling $17.7 million and 1.6 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

The Turkmen company Bir Kuwwat in partnership with the Chinese Shanxi Investment Group International Logistics Co. Ltd. provided transportation of 850 tons of licorice root from Turkmenistan to China via a multimodal route.

JSC "Demirellari" and the International Sea Port of Turkmenbashi plan to reach the volume of cargo transshipment of 400,000 containers (TEU) per year.

Secretary General of the International Transport Forum Kim Young Tae intends to visit Turkmenistan as part of a tour to Central Asia. The head of the organization, whose secretariat is located in Paris, said this during a meeting with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to France Maksat Charyev on Tuesday.

On Monday, August 29, 7 deals totaling $18.1 million and 416.4 thousand Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

Gazprom is ready to expand cooperation in the purchase of Turkmen gas on a long-term basis. Issues on this topic were discussed by President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and head of the Russian holding Alexei Miller during talks in Ashgabat on Monday.

Last week, 20 deals totaling $5.4 million and 14.2 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

The border joint market "Gaudan-Bajigiran" on the Turkmen-Iranian border resumed its work 32 months after it was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Iranian media write.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov discussed with the head of PJSC "Gazprom" Alexei Miller the issues of energy cooperation, reported on the website of the Russian company.

Turkmenistan intends to join the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which will thus acquire an additional route option by including the port of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian Sea.