The President of Turkmenistan received the Minister of Energy of Turkey, Turkmenistan supports holding summits in Uzbekistan in the “CA+” format, the Turkmenistan national football team starts in the Asian Cup qualification and other news
Turkmenistan
1. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Türkiye Alparslan Bayraktar. During the meeting, the head of state confirmed Turkmenistan's readiness to further intensify partnership with Türkiye in the energy sector. One of the most important issues was the supply of Turkmen gas to Türkiye and then to other interested states.
2. A telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which they discussed the possibilities of deepening traditional interstate cooperation, which has been successfully developing all these years on a bilateral and multilateral basis. During the conversation, the National Leader of the Turkmen people emphasized that Turkmenistan fully supports the holding of the Central Asia-European Union and Central Asia-Gulf Summits in Uzbekistan this year, as well as the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia.
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3. National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye Alparslan Bayraktar and the CEO of the Botaş company Abdulvahid Fidan. During the meeting, special attention was paid to the issues of exporting Turkmen natural gas to Turkey and further to European countries. Currently, supplies are carried out through Iran under the SWAP scheme. The Turkmen side also reported on the prospects for electricity exports after the commissioning of a new power plant on the Caspian coast. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed Turkmenistan's readiness to consider specific proposals from the Turkish side in the field of energy cooperation and to support constructive initiatives of partners.
4. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Akhmet Gurbanov paid an official visit to the Swiss Confederation. During the visit, political consultations were held with Muriel Peneveyre, Head of the Eurasian Division of the State Secretariat of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. The parties discussed the current state of cooperation between the two countries in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres.
5. The national air carrier of Turkmenistan has launched a new web resource turkmenistanairlines.vn, aimed at the Vietnamese market. Now passengers from Vietnam can independently book tickets for all international flights of the airline, including connecting routes via Ashgabat.
6. A meeting dedicated to the work of Iranian poetess Parvin Etesami was held at the Dovletmammet Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages. The event was attended by Iranian diplomats, representatives of the Cultural Center of Iran in Ashgabat, as well as teachers and students of the Dovletmammet Azadi Turkmen National Institute of World Languages majoring in Persian language. March 15 is the Day of Remembrance of Parvin Etesami, a poetess who occupied a special place in Persian literature due to her unique artistic style.
7. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received an invitation to attend the International Forum of Peace and Trust, which will be held on December 12 in Turkmenistan. The invitation was conveyed on behalf of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The forum is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality and is being held within the framework of the International Year of Peace and Trust.
World
1. The Japanese city of Arida in Wakayama Prefecture is planning to build a unique train station that will be completely 3D printed. The installation of the structure will take a record short time - only six hours. The compact station will be 2,6 meters high and 6,3 meters wide.
2. The editorial team of the Italian daily Il Foglio has released the world's first newspaper created entirely using artificial intelligence. The experiment is being conducted within the framework of a study into the impact of AI technologies on modern journalism and the media industry. According to the editor-in-chief of Il Foglio, the artificial intelligence not only prepared all the texts for the issue, but also developed headlines, created quotes and prepared summaries of the articles. The editor noted that the AI even demonstrated the ability to use irony in its texts. Journalists played a minimal role in this experiment, limiting themselves to formulating questions for the artificial intelligence and analyzing the answers received.
Sport
1. The Turkmenistan national football team will begin the 2027 Asian Cup qualifying tournament with an away game against Chinese Taipei. The match will take place on March 25 in Kaohsiung and will begin at 15:30 Ashgabat time. Following the draw, the Turkmenistan national team was placed in group “D”, where its opponents will also be the national teams of Thailand and Sri Lanka. Within the framework of the selection, Mergen Orazov's team will play six matches: five in 2025 and one game in March 2026. The winners of the six qualifying groups will receive tickets to the final part of the 2027 Asian Cup, which will be held in Saudi Arabia.
2. Turkmen weightlifters will compete in the World Youth Championships, which will be held from April 30 to May 5 in Lima, Peru. The preliminary application, published on the website of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), includes 15 Turkmen athletes - 7 boys, 8 girls.
