On the 7 th of May 2019, Turkmen-Russian high-level negotiations were
held in Ashgabat. The delegation of the Russian Federation headed by
Deputy Chairman of the Government, Head of State Administration
K.A.Chuychenko arrived to the country to participate in the talks.
In the first half of the day, the high guest was received by President of
Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. During the meeting, the parties
discussed current issues related to Turkmen-Russian relations in political,
trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres.
Then, the 11 th session of Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian
Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the premises of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
During the session, the parties spoke about the key aspects of bilateral
cooperation, particularly issues of trade and economic nature. The
participants elaborated on the subjects related to the development of mutually
beneficial cooperation between profile ministries and agencies of the two
countries, implementation of agreements, as well as talked about the process
of executing trade actions.
The parties considered the joint projects, issues related to the work of
Russian companies on the territory of Turkmenistan, as well as prospects of
cooperation in the industry, construction, transport, oil and gas, gas-chemical
and electro-energy spheres.
Upon completion of the session, the ceremony of signing bilateral
documents took place. These included: “Protocol of the 11 th session of
Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic
Cooperation”, “Memorandum between the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Turkmenistan and the Government of Astrakhan region on
establishing a Turkmen-Astrakhan Joint Council on commercial issues”,
“Agreement between All-Russia State Institute of cinematography named
after S.A.Gerasimov and State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television,
Radiobroadcasting and Cinematography on Cooperation in the area of
elevating the qualifications of Turkmen specialists”, “Agreement between the
Federal State Budgetary Establishment ‘Moscow Helmholtz Research
Institute of Eye Diseases” of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russian
Federation and the Scientific-Clinical Centre of Eye Diseases of the State
Medical University of Turkmenistan named after Murad Garriyev”.
It is worthwhile to note that the day before, on the 6 th of May 2019, the
meeting of experts of the two countries was held in the framework of
preparations to the abovementioned meeting.
