Ashgabat, Kazan agree on cooperation program for 2017-2019
By Gunay Hasanova
The governments of Turkmenistan and Tatarstan [Russian Federation] have agreed on a program of cooperation in trade-economic and scientific-technical spheres for 2017-2019 years.
The document was undersigned following the results of the joint business forum in Ashgabat. Tatarstan’s delegation for the forum included representatives of government agencies, ministries, the Investment Promotion Agency, the Chamber of Commerce, Business Support Fund and major companies.
The Turkmen delegation brought together representatives of key ministries and departments, public corporations, unions, committees, banks, Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and Academy of Sciences.
“The implementation of the signed documents will give a serious impetus to boosting the cooperation between the ministries, enterprises, and organizations, increasing mutual trade turnover between Tatarstan and Turkmenistan,” said President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
The president stressed the need for increasing the bilateral trade, involving huge potential for partnership in areas such as oil exploration and production, gas transportation, automotive, aviation, shipbuilding, energy, supply of chemical products, pharmaceuticals and medicine, agriculture and other industries.
The Turkmen-Tatar business was held in Ashgabat on October 11. The agenda of the forum included a wide range of issues aimed at accelerating the fruitful contacts.
An impressive capacity for trade and economic cooperation and increase bilateral trade turnover was noted at the meeting in Ashgabat Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Tatarstan of Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov, who was on a working visit to Ashgabat on October 11.
The fuel and energy sector, where there is scope for cooperation in the field of refining and petrochemicals, was named one of the priority areas of bilateral partnership.
Turkmenistan and Tatarstan has gained considerable experience of partnership and joint projects. As an example, long - term cooperation with the plant KAMAZ, TATNEFT, Kazan helicopter plant and others can be named.
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