Minsk City Executive Committee

25 January 2010 → Turkmenistan President arrives in Minsk

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has arrived at the Minsk national airport, BelTA has learnt.

It is the first visit of the President of Turkmenistan to Belarus. Last year President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko paid a visit to Turkmenistan to define the major cooperation areas between the two countries.

Belarus and Turkmenistan have already done a lot to develop the bilateral relations. The sides have formed the basis for the joint work of the Turkmenkhimiya Concern and Belgorkhimprom, agreed and signed the contract for the construction of a mining and processing complex. The contract has already been signed. Turkmen students attend Belarusian universities.

Belarus supplied 1,500 Belarus tractors and 500 machines produced by Lidselmash to Turkmenistan. The sides have drafted an agreement to open Turkmen trade houses in Belarus and Belarusian trade houses in Turkmenistan. Belarus and Turkmenistan launched flights Minsk-Ashgabat (twice a week). The Belarusian side shows an interest in the construction of a railway in Turkmenistan. Belarus intends to take part in an international tender to equip a railway station in that country.

Both the countries cooperate in the tourism and culture areas. Belarus displayed its exposition at a big exhibition in Turkmenistan. The sides are expected to hold the Days of Turkmen Culture in Belarus and the Days of Belarusian Culture in Turkmenistan. According to the sides, the cooperation in science and technology is promising, too. At present, experts are discussing the creation of the science and technology subcommission within the framework of the Belarus-Turkmenistan Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission.

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