On the sidelines of the visit of the Russian delegation to Ashgabat last week, the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan and the Russian Academy of Sciences signed an Action Plan (“roadmap”) of cooperation between Russian and Turkmen experts in the field of water use and ecology. The draft document was prepared by the Russian Academy […]
Turkmenistan has 200 deposits of solid minerals – Russia offers assistance in their exploration
The Russian holding company Rosgeologia (RosGeo) offers Turkmenistan its overarching technological assistance and expertise in the exploration and development of vast mineral and hydrocarbon wealth. “There are more than 200 deposits of various solid minerals on the territory of Turkmenistan, and in order to develop the republic’s economy of the Republic, we are ready to […]
Future Turkmen Logistics Center in Astrakhan will encourage cargo traffic between Central Asia and Russia
The appearance of the logistics center of Turkmenistan in the Astrakhan special economic zone “Lotos” will be an important incentive for the development of cargo transportation from Central Asia to Russia and back, will allow connecting other countries that do not have direct access to the Caspian Sea to the international transport corridor “North-South”, commented […]
Ashgabat hosted Turkmen-Russian negotiations – 10 documents signed
On Friday, 20 January 2023, the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin met with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Earlier, he laid flowers at the memorial complex “Halk Khakydasy” (National Memory) Meeting with Arkadag Berdimuhamedov “We see in the Russian Federation not only our strategic partner, but […]
Russia and Turkmenistan stroke bilateral deals worth over US $2 billion
The Russian-Turkmen Business Forum has wrapped up in Ashgabat. The Russian delegation was headed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Minister Maxim Reshetnikov and his Deputy Dmitry Volvach took part in the event on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. At the panel sessions of the forum, Russian-Turkmen cooperation in the field […]
President of the Russian CCI: it is necessary to identify and solve systemic problems in trade and economic relations between Russia and Turkmenistan
On 19 January, a Russian-Turkmen business forum was held in Ashgabat. Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin took part in the forum and made a speech. Speaking later, Sergey Katyrin, the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, said that it is crucial to pinpoint systemic […]
Turkmen-Russian Business Forum attracted over 300 Turkmen and Russian companies – the Russian delegation came to Ashgabat with a portfolio of concrete proposals
Elvira Kadyrova On 19-20 January 2023, the Turkmen-Russian Forum is being held in Ashgabat. The purpose of the forum is a full–scale deepening of trade, economic and industrial cooperation between Russia and Turkmenistan. The number of participants from both sides is impressive – more than 300 representatives of business circles and organizations, including 220 companies […]
Why is Russia interested in forging marine connectivity with Turkmenistan?
The creation of shipping lines between Astrakhan ports and the port of Turkmenbashi has been the subject of recent negotiations in Astrakhan with the participation of representatives of Rosmorrechflot (Russian marine and river fleet), the government of the Astrakhan region, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, representatives of the Astrakhan special economic zone “Lotos” and logistics companies. […]
Presidents of Turkmenistan and Russia had a telephone conversation
On Tuesday, 17 January, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the state news agency TDH, the parties noted that the strategic multifaceted partnership between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation is developing on an upward trend in almost all directions. Fruitful cooperation has been established in the political, […]
Russia and Turkmenistan are preparing a number of documents in the field of healthcare
The legislative base of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation will be enriched by a number of documents that are being prepared for signing. This was announced during the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Health of Russia Tatyana Semenova with the Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan Murat Mammadov. During […]
Russia and Turkmenistan to hold talks on establishing links between Caspian port
In January 2023, negotiations will be held between the port authorities of the Astrakhan Region and the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan on establishing a shipping line between the ports of the Astrakhan Region and the International Seaport of Turkmenbashi. The Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin […]
Turkmen delegation acquainted with digitalization experience of Russian Federal Tax service
Deputy Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia Yulia Shepeleva and Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan Serdar Joraev signed a Memorandum on technical cooperation in the field of tax administration. The document was signed on the sidelines of the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Turkmen Commission on Economic Cooperation. It provides […]
Turkmenistan and Russia discuss cooperation in the field of veterinary and phytosanitary control
On 6 December 2022, the negotiations were held in Moscow between Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan Charyar Chetliyev and Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) Konstantin Savenkov. The parties discussed cooperation in the field of veterinary and phytosanitary control, Rosselkhoznadzor said. During the talks, mutual […]
12th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission On Economic Cooperation
On December 7, 2022, the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk. During the meeting, a thorough exchange of […]
Training of digitalization specialists is a priority of the Turkmen-Russian educational cooperation
Today, a special relevant area for Turkmenistan is the training of personnel in the field of digitalization and cybersecurity. This statement came from the Minister of Education of Turkmenistan Gurbangul Atayeva during a meeting at the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. “In this regard, we are interested in studying the experience of our […]
Lavrov: Turkmenistan is our close friend and strategic partner
The government delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov went to Moscow on Tuesday, 6 December 2022, for a two-day visit. On the first day of the visit, the foreign ministers of the two countries held talks. “Turkmenistan is our close friend and strategic partner. We […]
Russian Foreign Ministry – on the current state of Turkmen-Russian relations
Today, on 6 December 2022, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, who arrived in Russia to participate in the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation. In this regard, the Russian Foreign Ministry has published an overview of the […]
Turkmenistan and Russia to expand transport cooperation
Elvira Kadyrova Turkmenistan and Russia are actively fostering transport cooperation, both in the field of infrastructure, as well as within major regional transport connectivity projects. Creation of a Transport commission One of the steps in this direction was the formation of a joint Turkmen-Russian commission on transport, transit and logistics, which was announced during a […]
Russian business mission to visit Turkmenistan
A group of interested medium- and large-sized business representatives from the Russian regions will visit Ashgabat from 12 to 15 December 2022. The business mission will be organized with the assistance of the Russian-Turkmen Business Council, the Administration of the President of the Russia and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. The visit is aimed […]
Turkmen-Russian University project discussed in Ashgabat
A meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of Russia and Turkmenistan in the field of science and higher education was held in Ashgabat. The parties discussed the training of Turkmen citizens in Russian universities and the project of a joint Russian-Turkmen university. More than 30.000 Turkmen students are now enrolled in Russian universities. The Russian government […]
Joint Turkmen-Russian commission on economic cooperation will meet in Moscow in December
On 6-7 December 2022, Moscow will host the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation, on the sidelines of which it is planned to sign more than ten bilateral documents in various fields. The announcement came on Tuesday, 15 November during the meeting of the commission’s co-chairs of the commission – Deputy […]
President of Turkmenistan receives deputy prime minister of Russia
Elvira Kadyrova President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan had a meeting Tuesday (15 November 2022) with Alexei Overchuk, the deputy prime minister of Russia and the co-chair of the joint Turkmen-Russian commission for economic cooperation. The Turkmen president, welcoming the guest, said that our country attaches great importance to strengthening the interstate dialogue, which is in […]
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Putin
On Thursday, 3 November, Chairman of the upper house of Turkmen parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin presented the ex-president of Turkmenistan with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the IV degree. “You have made a huge contribution to promoting bilateral ties between our countries. This applies to our […]
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on an official visit to Moscow
On Tuesday, 1 November, Chairman of the upper house of Parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov went on an official three-day visit to Moscow. On the first day of the visit, Berdimuhamedov met with the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. Before the meeting, they got acquainted with the photo chronicle of the mutual visits of the […]
Russian anthropologist delivered a lecture on the fifth world civilization center in Turkmenistan
The Turkmen State Institute of Culture hosted an open lesson on the topic “Turkmenistan: Gonurdepe – the capital city of the country Margush”, which was conducted by Dr. Nadezhda Dubova, chief researcher, head of the Center for Human Anthropoecology of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Neutral Turkmenistan […]
Turkmen-Russian Joint Commission to meet in Moscow in December
A meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian commission on economic cooperation will be held in Moscow in December this year. This was announced at the meeting of the Minister of External Relations of the Astrakhan region Vladimir Golovkov with the Consul of Turkmenistan in Astrakhan Nury Golliyev. According to Golovkov, representatives of the Astrakhan region are […]
Turkmen and Russian Railways intend to launch regular container service
On 19 October, Oleg Belozerov, CEO of Russian Railways, met in Ashgabat with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Co-Chairman of the Intergovernmental Russian-Turkmen Commission on Economic Cooperation Rashid Meredov, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan […]
Over 600 students from Turkmenistan study at Astrakhan State University
661 students from Turkmenistan study at Astrakhan State University, and over 800 Turkmen citizens have graduated from this university over the past three years. This statement came from the Rector of ASU Konstantin Markelov during his online remarks at the international conference “Healthcare, Education and Sports in the era of the Revival of a new […]
Russian Minister of Economic Development of Russia told about dynamics of cooperation with the Caspian countries
The Caspian Sea is potentially an extremely powerful region and one of the most dynamically developing in the world, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Assessing the potential and prospects of cooperation between Russia and its neighbors in the Caspian Sea, the official in particular mentioned economic […]
Construction of anti-mudflow structures in Ashgabat to complete soon
As part of his visit to Turkmenistan, the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov visited a complex of mud protection installations in Ashgabat. This project is being carried out by the Petersburg company Vozrozhdenie. The company has been operating in Turkmenistan for more than ten years. Currently, Vozrozhdenie is completing the construction of a complex […]
Russian Industrial Manufacturers are eager to expand cooperation with Turkmenistan
Delegations from Chelyabinsk region and St.Petersburg visited Turkmenistan during Independence day celebrations. The business missions made a number of offers to Turkmen side aimed at expanding positions of Russian major industrial companies at the Turkmen market. The company “Neft-service” from Chelyabinsk, oil and gas equipment producer, is interested in establishing a joint production in Turkmenistan […]
Turkmen leader met with President of Tatarstan
On Monday, 26 September, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of independence. During the meeting, Minnikhanov expressed gratitude to the Turkmen leader for his support and special attention to the development of Turkmen-Tatar cooperation. The […]
President of Turkmenistan received the governor of St. Petersburg
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met Monday, 26 September the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov. “Russia and St. Petersburg is connected with Turkmenistan both by ties of friendship and joint historical path of the two great countries. We are aware of the enormous political and economic importance of relations with Turkmenistan and consider their development one […]
Turkmenistan is ready to supply oil products and textiles to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia
Turkmenistan is ready to export to the Chelyabinsk region of Russia oil and gas products, textiles, carpets, agricultural goods. This was announced at a meeting between President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the head of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Teksler. As noted, large-scale work is underway in Turkmenistan today to industrialize and diversify the economy, especially processing […]
SerdarGB is on visit to Samarkand to participate in the SCO summit – meetings with Uzbek, Chinese and Russian counterparts
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived Thursday, 15 September, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to participate as an honorary guest in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The main event – the SCO summit – will be held on September 16 under the chairmanship of Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the congress hall of the new tourist center of Samarkand […]
President of Turkmenistan to meet with the Russian leader in Uzbekistan
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand, which will be held on 15-16 September 2022. The meeting was announced by the Russian media with reference to the assistant to the head of the Russian state for International Affairs, Yuri […]
Turkmenistan and Gazprom aim at long-term partnership in the field of export of Turkmen gas
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received Monday (29 Aug) Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Board of the Russian company Gazprom. Having conveyed to the Turkmen leader the best wishes from Russian President Putin, Miller confirmed the interest of the largest Russian energy company in cooperation with Turkmenistan. “Our country, which has an impressive hydrocarbon potential, is aimed […]
Visit of Turkmen delegation to Astrakhan – outcomes
The Turkmen delegation met Friday (26 Aug) with the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Astrakhan region Denis Afanasyev. The results of the three-day meetings and negotiations were summed up at the meeting. Afanasyev noted that this joint work is aimed at implementing the agreement between Astrakhan region and Turkmenistan, increasing the mutual trade, […]
Turkmenistan and Astrakhan region assess prospects for cooperation in logistics and transport
The issues of developing cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation in the fields of transport, logistics and shipbuilding were discussed at the talks of the Turkmen delegation in Astrakhan on Thursday, 25 Aug. The negotiations brought together representatives of Turkmen transport sector, business community, a number of regional ministries of […]
Turkmen delegation discusses opening of logistics center in Astrakhan
A Turkmen delegation consisting of representatives of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers arrived in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation to discuss the project of opening a logistics center, Russian media reported. The talks will also explore the issue of launching ferry services from the port of Turkmenbashi to […]
Astrakhan is ready to cooperate with Turkmenistan under the North-South corridor project
Astrakhan region is ready to actively cooperate with Turkmenistan on the development of the international transport corridor “North – South”, said the minister of external relations of the Astrakhan region Vladimir Golovkov. The comments came after the recent statement of the Turkmen foreign minister regarding the accession to the North-South ITC agreement. According to Golovkov, […]
Prosecutor General of Russia visited Ashgabat
As part of his Central Asian tour, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov paid a visit to Ashgabat on Wednesday, 27 July, Russian media reported. In Ashgabat, he held meetings with the Minister of Defense, Secretary of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan Begench Gundogdiyev and the Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan Serdar […]
Turkmen leader held meetings with Caspian counterparts
A few hours before the summit, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held bilateral meetings with the leaders of Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan. During the exchange of views on the prospects of interstate dialogue, the President of Turkmenistan and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated that there is a huge potential for strengthening cooperation […]
Putin revealed plans for industrial partnership in the Caspian region
At the end of his working visit to Turkmenistan to participate in the Caspian Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a press conference with Russian and Turkmen media. In an interview, he spoke about plans for industrial cooperation in the Caspian region. He also announced the visit of a Gazprom delegation to Turkmenistan. Here is […]
Lavrov: Russia commends Turkmenistan’s policy of neutrality
Russia appreciates deeply Turkmenistan’s policy of neutrality. The statement came during a meeting on 28 June in Ashgabat between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. “It is a great honor for me if my small contribution at the head of the Russian mission to the UN […]
Turkmen logistics center will be located in the Astrakhan port SEZ
Astrakhan authorities are developing relations with Turkmenistan in the fields of transport and logistics, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Astrakhan region Denis Afanasyev said, according to AstoVolga news agency. “The Government of the Astrakhan region is negotiating with the Agency of Transport and Communications of Turkmenistan to open a logistics center of Turkmenistan […]
Turkmen-Russian consultations on biological safety
On 16 June 2022, Turkmen-Russian interdepartmental consultations on biological safety were held, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. The sides exchanged assessments of threats to biological security in the post-Soviet space. Specific areas of further bilateral cooperation in the field of biosafety were also discussed. The issue of establishing a specialized intergovernmental bilateral advisory commission was […]
Turkmen-Russian summit talks held in Moscow – Turkmenistan and Russia deepen strategic partnership
nCa Report The summit talks between President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Vladimir Putin of Russia took place in Moscow on Friday, 10 June 2022. The sides discussed issues of further development of cooperation between the two countries in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres, as well as topical regional and international issues. […]
Turkmenistan and Russia intend to strengthen the strategic partnership
Today (10 June) President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will visit Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. According to Kremlin’s press service, during the talks, the two presidents will sign a Declaration on strengthening the strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan. They will discuss efforts to further expand bilateral political, trade, economic, […]
Energy and transport cooperation with Turkmenistan discussed at a meeting in the Russian government
On Thursday, 9 June 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Shakhym Abdrahamnov, who oversees the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, held a meeting in Moscow with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak. The sides discussed in detail the upcoming official visit of the President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Russia. A number of documents for […]