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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.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ratified an agreement between the governments of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on increasing the volume of trade, as well as on expanding mutually beneficial partnerships between business entities of the two countries.

Construction of an enterprise for the production of glycyrrhizic acid starts in Turkmenabat. The new factory in the structure of the “Buyan” complex in Lebap, subordinate to the country's Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, will process licorice root and produce from it 390 tons of unrefined glycyrrhizic acid per year.

Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Maulvi Amir Khan Mottaki set off to Turkmenistan with a high-level delegation. This was reported by Pajhwok with reference to a statement by an official representative of the Afghan Foreign Ministry today.

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov visited the Uzynada field in the Esenguly district of the Balkan region on Thursday, where he held a meeting with TEC leaders.

A tree was planted in the Ashgabat Botanical Garden - the European olive. This was done by a guest of our country, a Serb by nationality with an EU passport, Dubravka Yovanovic.

On Wednesday, the President of Turkmenistan held a meeting of the State Security Council on the results of the past year and key issues for the coming period.

Banks of Turkmenistan are preparing to conduct an independent audit for 2021 in accordance with the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).