Turkmen President: Singapore promising trade and economic partner
By Trend
Turkmenistan sees Singapore as a promising trade and economic partner, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a meeting with Singapore's business community, Trend reports referring to Turkmenistan’s Altyn Asyr TV channel.
The government delegation of Turkmenistan is on a state visit to Singapore on August 26-27.
Last year, the volume of mutual trade between the two countries amounted to $102.8 million.
As of July 1, 2019, six investment projects with the participation of Singaporean companies and five enterprises with the participation of Singaporean capital have been registered in Turkmenistan.
During the meeting held at Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel, an exchange of views took place on the prospects of cooperation in the oil and gas industry, the chemical industry, the financial sector, the transport sector, agriculture and water management. Representatives of Singaporean companies and corporations including world leaders in the production of high-tech products, presented their proposals for cooperation and its long-term and systematic development, the Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary (TDH) state news agency noted in its commentary.