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The working group on the preparation of an agreement between the governments of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan on joint exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources of the Caspian Dostluk field held its fourth meeting in online format on Thursday.

On Friday, another batch of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus “Sputnik Light”, purchased by the government of Turkmenistan, arrived in Turkmenabat from Moscow, according to the website of the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan.

Afghanistan has signed an agreement with Turkmenistan on a transmission line project for the newly commissioned Nur al-Jihad substation in western Afghanistan, the Afghan energy company De Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) reported on Friday.

In the framework of the project “Strengthening the Trade Capacity of Turkmenistan”, jointly implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, the online training on eliminating trade barriers and trade facilitation was held.

Turkmenistan was one of the first countries to assist Uzbekistan in restoring electricity supply after a powerful blackout, which happened at once in three Central Asian countries. This was reported by the regional media in the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan has helped its neighbor restore electricity in the cities of Bukhara and Kashkadarya region. Kyrgyzstan has also partially assisted Uzbekistan in restoring electricity supply in the Fergana Valley.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the leadership of the financial and banking sector of Turkmenistan on Wednesday. Among the main topics was the development of the country's national program of socio-economic development for the next 30 years, which will be discussed at an extraordinary session of the upper house of parliament in February.

Turkmenmeng State Concern and Turkmenmengology State Corporation will receive loans for exploration and development of new oil and gas fields.

Madrid appoints new Spanish ambassador to Turkmenistan They became Marcos Gomes Martinez, who still headed the British diplomatic mission in Colombia.

Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with US Ambassador to the United States Matthew Steven Klimou on Wednesday. The diplomats discussed a number of issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest.

In the framework of the project “Strengthening the Trade Capacity of Turkmenistan”, jointly implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, the series of online trainings on the development of trade policy skills have been held.