1. The issue of issuing special certificates for the compliance of the city of Arkadag with the criteria of “Green City” and “Smart City” was discussed in Ashgabat at a meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev with the General Director of the Green Finance Center of the Astana International Financial Center Aidar Kazybayev. During the talks, the parties also discussed issues of establishing bilateral cooperation in the field of green finance, including the exchange of specialists. In addition, aspects related to the greening of the coast and the development of ecotourism in the Aral Sea zone were considered.
2. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a Resolution authorizing the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan to conclude contracts with foreign companies for the purchase of spare parts, wheels, lubricating oils and consumables for combine harvesters, tilled tractors and cultivators.
3. Popular singer from Tajikistan Penji Annaev visited Ashgabat. His video against the backdrop of the “Ashgabat” shopping and entertainment center in the Turkmen capital has already gained more than 130 thousand views on TikTok. The popular performer of folk and pop songs in the Turkmen and Tajik languages has repeatedly performed for Turkmen music lovers and has always been a great success. Penji Annaev has Turkmen roots. His videos in Tajik and Turkmen are gaining millions of views on YouTube.
4. A container train from India to Kazakhstan will pass through the territory of Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Containers loaded with sesame seeds were shipped from the Indian port of Mundra across the Arabian Sea to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas by sea. Further, the cargo will be sent by rail through the territories of Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to Almaty. The total travel time will be more than 20 days.
5. The first Azerbaijani cargo and passenger ferry “Zarifa Aliyeva” visited the port of Turkmenbashi. Depending on weather conditions, the duration of the ferry crossing between the ports of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan is 5-6 hours. This route is currently being tested. In the future, the ship will make one voyage per day.
6. The Hong Kong authorities announced the distribution of 500 thousand free tickets in 2023 to help tourism recover. The draw will begin in March 2023, and for the first two months it will be available only for residents of Southeast Asia and China, from May - for everyone.
7. Applications for Schengen visas will be accepted online. The European Parliament approved the project on visa digitalization - it implies a complete transition to online, including the rejection of physical applications and visa stickers in the passport. It is assumed that all applications will be processed on a single online platform, which will automatically select the country for application. The choice will depend on which states and in what sequence the applicant is going to visit.
8. Russian MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko lost to Ryan Bader for the Bellator heavyweight title. The fight ended with the victory of the 39 years old American by knockout in the first round. Ryan Bader knocked out the 46 years old Russian athlete 2 minutes and 30 seconds after the start of the fight. For Fedor Emelianenko, this fight was the last in his career. He spent 48 fights in MMA, 40 of which he won and lost in seven. Another fight was declared invalid.
9. Turkmen midfielder of “Kitchee” Ruslan Mingazov scored a goal in the winning match of the 10th round of the Hong Kong Championship with the “Sham Shui Po” team. The game ended with the score 7:0. Mingazov scored in the 13th minute of the match. Ruslan Mingazov scored the tenth goal in the current season of the Hong Kong championship. He is in second place in the scorer dispute after Montenegrin Dejan Damjanovic, who has 11 goals. “Kitchee” won the ninth victory in the championship and with 27 points is in first place in the standings.
10. Teymur Charyev from Turkmenistan played a friendly match with “Abdysh-Ata” in Kyrgyzstan. In a friendly match “Abdysh-Ata” beat “Kara-Balta” with a score of 2:0. The goals were scored by Mirbek Akhmataliev and Ilya Kozhukhar. Let us remind that 22 years old Charyev played as a right back in the Turkmenistan Championship for “Energetik”. The native of Mary has six games for the youth team of Turkmenistan (U-23).
