Oriented on making people closer

The XXVII International Conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan – 2022", held in Ashgabat from October 26 to 28, has completed its work. At the forum, the participants held constructive and fruitful discussions, and a rich program covered the entire spectrum of priority issues of the economy, investment cooperation, ecology and international relations.

Turkmenistan, with its huge oil and gas reserves, is destined to play an important role in the world energy markets, Georgy Chikovani, Director General of the Oil and Gas Corporation of Georgia, said at the plenary session of the 27th International Conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan".

"Effective integration within the CIS can become a powerful impetus for development in new realities as a space where major transport and energy projects are carried out," said Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan Mukhammetgeldi Serdarov, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday.

The declaration on deepening the strategic partnership between Turkmenistan and Russia, signed by the presidents of the two countries in the Kremlin on Friday, consolidated the priorities of joint work for the future in the political, trade, investment, cultural and humanitarian fields, in the field of security, including biological and information.

An important direction of the economic development of Turkmenistan for the next 30 years will be the support of sustainable energy.

The energy cooperation between China and Turkmenistan is based on strong friendship and has fruitful results, as well as a focus on deepening ties, using new, clean energy, said Huang Yongzhang, vice president of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), executive director and president of PetroChina.

Malaysia's national oil and gas company, Petronas, plans to launch a new clean energy transition organization this year, as well as a carbon management unit, but both in parallel with expanding its traditional hydrocarbon business.

During the Central Asia-China video summit, the Turkmen leader outlined a number of areas for mutually beneficial cooperation. Among them is transport interaction, which is due to specific reasons and objective interests.

Energy was named among the key areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and India at a bilateral meeting of Foreign Ministers Rashid Meredov and Subrahmaniyam Jaishankar in New Delhi on Sunday. The heads of the foreign affairs departments of the two countries exchanged views on topical issues of interstate interaction and regional cooperation, the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reported.

Thanks to the efforts of specialists from the Afghanistan Breshna National Energy Company, the fourth turbine was commissioned as part of the Naglu HPP on the Kabul River of Kabul Province in Afghanistan. Upon commissioning of this turbine, the hydropower plant will provide a...