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Speaking at the ECO summit in Khankendi, Azerbaijan, Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov noted that this mechanism could ensure reliable supplies of energy resources and strengthen the region's energy security...

US And Russia Vie For Influence In Energy-Rich Turkmenistan Authored by EurasiaNet via OilPrice.com, Turkmenistan has recently experienced a significant increase in diplomatic attention from both the United States and Russia, suggesting an intensifying geopolitical struggle for influence in the Central Asian nation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Ashgabat to strengthen economic, cultural, and political ties, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau held separate phone conversations with the Turkmen Foreign Minister to discuss cooperation and expanding economic ties. Moscow appears concerned by Washington's growing engagement with Turkmenistan, with Russian media even speculating that a new airport in Jebel could serve American military interests. Turkmenistan has attracted lots of diplomatic attention this week from both the United States and Russia. The flurry of activity suggests geopolitical jostling is intensifyi...

Kremlin seems to be worried its grip on Ashgabat is slipping....

Trump administration lately banned most Turkmen from entering America, souring relations....

Turkmenistan is among the top ten world producers of cotton...

Crater fire in collapsed desert gas well raged for half a century. Adventurous tourists treasured site. Climate scientists hated it for its massive methane emissions....

Knock-on effects could leave country facing crisis, Astana conference hears....

Knock-on effects could leave country facing crisis, Astana conference hears....

According to Turkmen People's Council Chairman Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, food security is a crucial issue in cooperation among Islamic countries...

Vietnam Airlines announced the resumption of direct flights between the capital and Moscow from May 8 after a three-year pause...

New rules seen as part of wider opening to trade opportunities....

Economic necessity is the mother of diversification....

Ashgabat contemplates raising draft age....

Ashgabat wants to join the party....

Top energy and foreign affairs officials of Iran and Turkmenistan stressed the need to foster cooperation in the oil and gas sectors, as Iran struggles to tackle its worsening gas shortage amid freezing winter temperatures....

Initial volumes via arrangement with Iran will be modest, but the potential for sizeable flows is there. A Turkish hub could eventually transship deliveries to Europe....

Turkmenistan has struck a deal to ship natural gas to Turkey via Iran...

Turkey will import its first natural gas from Turkmenistan from March 1, according to Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar....

In tough struggle to find new export markets, Turkmen even agree to Iranian contractors building infrastructure in tightly controlled Central Asian country....

Ancient rivalries and a tortured relationship with Russia have made Turkmenistan the black sheep in the Central Asian family. But that is beginning to change as economic interests are slowly pulling the gas-rich country out of its isolationism....