The Indian publishing house Pentagon Press LLP has published a collection of articles entitled “India-Turkmenistan Cooperation in Culture and Economy: History and Prospects” in English.

As reported by “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”, the book was prepared with the active participation of the faculty of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

One of the editors of the collection, professor of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the Institute, Doctor of Sociological Sciences Ovezdurdy Muhammetberdyev said that the new book is the result of multilateral cooperation between the IIR of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with a number of higher educational institutions and research centers in various countries of the world. The book was prepared as part of the long-term cooperation of the IIR with the Indian Center for International Research (MERI) of the India-Central Asia Foundation.

The collection includes scientific articles by Indian and Turkmen authors on topics related to the history, present and future of Indian-Turkmen relations.

The English edition is aimed primarily at an international audience, while the Turkmen edition, which is currently being worked on, will be intended for a wider audience: students, historians, political scientists, international scholars, future diplomats, and all citizens of Turkmenistan who are interested in foreign policy.

- We consider this book as the first swallow. We have big plans. This includes holding joint international conferences, round tables, and possibly launching programs for the exchange of students and professors. I am sure that the successful joint experience of working on the collection will open a new stage in academic cooperation between our countries, - noted Ovezdurdy Muhammetberdyev.