At the end of 2023, mutual trade turnover between Russia and Turkmenistan increased in physical terms by 13% and amounted to 678 million tons. This was said at a meeting between Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, reports the News Portal of the State Television and Radio of Turkmenistan.

Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation Rustam Minnikhanov noted the presence of impressive potential for further building up and diversifying cooperation of Turkmenistan with Russia and the countries of the Islamic world, TDH reports.

I cordially congratulate you on the start of work of the International Forum on attracting foreign investments in the oil and gas sector of Turkmenistan in the capital of our country – the city of Ashgabat in the time of the Revival of the New Era of the Powerful State! I wish you every success in the work of this Forum, which is intended to help popularize the achievements of the country’s oil and gas industry in the world!

As part of the working visit of the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation to participate in the XV International Economic Forum “Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum 2024”, members of the delegation of Turkmenistan held a number of meetings, during which the possibilities of expanding multifaceted interaction were discussed, TDH reports.

- Energy cooperation between China and Turkmenistan has established strong ties and brought fruitful results, - Huang Yongzhang, Vice President of the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said, speaking at the International Oil and Gas Forum of Turkmenistan-2022.