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The level of five-sided cooperation since the previous meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian states four years ago has grown markedly, which dictates the need for us to meet more often in this format, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

More than 345,000 foreign students are currently studying in Russia and the number of quotas for them is doubling. This is with reference to the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov, RIA Novosti reports.

On June 27, the Moscow Exchange will start trading in the Uzbek sum, Armenian dram and South African rand on the foreign exchange market. This was reported by the Russian economic information agency Prime with reference to the trading platform.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation in a telephone conversation on Tuesday.

The duty on oil exports from Russia will increase from July 1 by $10.4-to $55.2 per ton. This is reported by the media with reference to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. Currently, the export duty on oil is $44.8 per ton.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov said on Sunday in Ashgabat that despite the conjuncture, Russia continues to firmly pursue its course both within the state and in the international arena.

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan for Agriculture Annageldi Yazmyradov held a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, will discuss with the head of the Agrarian Department of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev the development of bilateral trade cooperation.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov highly appreciated the results of his official visit to the Russian Federation.

Following the results of the official visit of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the Russian Federation, a solid package of documents regulating the development of bilateral cooperation at a new stage of deepening the Turkmen-Russian strategic partnership was signed in Moscow.

Russia and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of communications and digitalization, and a corresponding memorandum has been signed.