The first batch of export goods went from Afghanistan to Turkey via the land port of Akina in the northern province of Faryab. This is reported by Ariana News, referring to the statement of the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of Afghanistan.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov signed a decree that established the republican organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the annual International Economic Forum "Russia – the Islamic World: KazanForum". The document is published on the portal of legal information of the republic.
"There are more than 200 deposits of various solid minerals on the territory of Turkmenistan and in order to develop the economy of the republic, we are ready to offer our colleagues a wide range of holding competencies for the development of this resource potential," said Sergey Gorkov, head of the Russian holding company Rosgeologia (Rosgeo), during his speech at the Turkmen-Russian business forum in Ashgabat on January 19-20.
Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Baradar announced the group's readiness to form a special security unit for the TAPI project in Afghanistan. This was reported by Afghanistan International on Saturday.
On Friday, January 20, at the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 2 deals were made for a total of $ 6.7 million, ORIENT correspondent reports.
Turkmen and Russian companies signed contracts worth 150 billion Russian rubles ($ 2.17 billion at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation as of January 20) within the framework of the Turkmen-Russian business forum held in Ashgabat, TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
The USAID Central Asia Trade Program continues to support the efforts of Central Asian entrepreneurs to enter foreign markets through the "Trade Promotion Service Providers" initiative TPSP (Trade Promotion Service Providers).
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov outlined promising areas of business cooperation with Turkmenistan, speaking at the Turkmen-Russian business forum held in Ashgabat, according to the official website of the head of the republic.
Cooperation between Turkmenistan and Russia in the financial sphere needs to be improved, namely, to create conditions for the transition to mutual settlements in national currencies, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Sergey Katyrin said, speaking at the Turkmen—Russian Business Forum in Ashgabat, the official website of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation reports.
Within the framework of the Turkmen-Russian business forum held in Ashgabat, a round table was held to discuss cooperation between the countries in the field of transport.
A logistics center of Turkmenistan will appear in the port special economic zone of the Astrakhan region. The memorandum on its creation and the cooperation agreement were signed on Friday by Merdan Byashimov, Director General of JSC Transport and Logistics Center of Turkmenistan, and the Head of JSC "SEZ Lotus" by Sergey Milushkin.
Turkmenistan plans to hold an international tender to select a consulting company to assess iron ore reserves at the Chagyl deposit in the west of the country, in the Balkan region. Deputy Prime Minister Charymyrat Purchekov reported this to the president at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday.
The volume of transit of Russian cargo through Turkmenistan in 2022 showed an almost fourfold increase compared to the previous year, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov said, speaking at the plenary session of the Turkmen-Russian Business Forum on Thursday.
Kamaz has delivered two electric buses of its own production to Turkmenistan for testing. Sergey Kogogin, General Director of Kamaz, told reporters at the Turkmen-Russian Business Forum, which opened in Ashgabat on Thursday.
The volume of trade between our countries is now at the level of about a billion dollars. Undoubtedly, the potential for economic cooperation is much higher. This was stated by Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, speaking at the Turkmen-Russian business forum, which is being held in Ashgabat on January 19-20.
