Russia is one of the most significant trade partners of Turkmenistan. For eight months of 2022, the volume of trade between Russia and Turkmenistan amounted to almost 478 million USD. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the eve of the meeting between Sergey Lavrov and Rashid Meredov, reported on the website uralpolit.ru.
In comparison with the same period last year, the trade turnover between the countries amounted to 343 810 230 USD.
The growth of trade and economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and Russia is influenced by interregional ties, the Foreign Ministry noted.
“Tatarstan, Astrakhan and Chelyabinsk regions, St. Petersburg are the most active in the Turkmen direction today”, the Russian ministry said.
Let us remind that a meeting was held in Moscow between Foreign Ministers Rashid Meredov and Sergey Lavrov, as a result of which the Cooperation Program for 2023-2024 was signed.
