Delegation of Turkmenistan held a series of negotiations in Moscow and signed documents

The delegation of Turkmenistan held a series of negotiations in Moscow on the development of bilateral cooperation in various fields and signed documents following the meetings, Report informs.

Key issues of cooperation in the economic sphere were discussed at a meeting of the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Russian-Turkmen Commission on Economic Cooperation - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

During the meeting, was noted that the trade turnover between Russia and Turkmenistan in 2020 increased by more than a third, amounting to almost $1 billion. The parties discussed issues of trade, economic and interregional cooperation, bilateral interaction in the spheres of health care, industry, transport, finance, education, and other areas.

During the meeting, the parties signed an intergovernmental agreement on promoting interregional cooperation, an agreement on cooperation in the implementation of international health regulations and an agreement on cooperation between the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan and OJSC Transcapitalbank.

In addition, was signed the Memorandum between the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics on the exchange of statistical data on mutual trade, as well as a protocol between the FCS of Russia and the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan on the exchange of documents and information on the customs value of goods transported between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan.

Then Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Supreme Control Chamber Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov. The parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian fields. The parties emphasized the effectiveness of interaction between the foreign ministries of the two countries and discussed issues of cooperation within the framework of regional and international structures, primarily the UN, OSCE, CIS.

Rashid Meredov and Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin. The parties expressed their support for the development of bilateral relations, including the expansion of trade, economic and investment ties, as well as the strengthening of cultural and humanitarian cooperation. Special attention was paid to the development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the regions of the Russian Federation. In the end, the parties signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation on issues of biological safety.