Russia and Turkmenistan actively cooperate in trade, economic and transport spheres, - Ambassador of the Russian Federation
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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan Ivan Volynkin spoke about active Russian-Turkmen cooperation in trade, economic and transport spheres on December 18 at a press conference dedicated to the results of the ending 2024 in Turkmen-Russian relations. Representatives of Russian and Turkmen media were invited to the meeting.
«Russia remains one of Turkmenistan's main trading partners. The Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation is working successfully», Ivan Volynkin said.
«On October 30, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk came to Ashgabat to hold a meeting of the co-chairs of the commission. During the visit, he reported that in the first 7 months of this year, the volume of mutual trade between Russia and Turkmenistan increased by 58%», the Ambassador added.
He emphasized that: «Currently, special attention is being paid to interaction between transport departments that are working to develop the eastern chord of the North-South international transport corridor».
«Thanks to joint efforts, the volume of export, import and transit transportation by rail has increased many times over, and modern technologies for managing freight flows are being introduced», the diplomat noted.
According to him, «currently, there are about 190 economic entities with the participation of Russian capital operating in Turkmenistan. Among them are representative offices and branches of such large Russian companies as Gazprom, Kamaz, Vozrozhdenie, Tatneft, TNK».
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