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Russia, Turkmenistan to agree on new projects in oil, gas, transport
ASHGABAT, August 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Turkmenistan are about
to agree on new cooperation projects in the oil, gas and transport
industries. Their discussion was central to a working meeting of the
co-chairs the Russian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission for economic
cooperation at Hasin hotel in the tourist zone Avaz on the Turkmen coast
of the Caspian on Friday, the press service of the Turkmen government said.
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and Turkmenistan's
Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov "confirmed the
readiness of their countries to build up mutually beneficial cooperation
in such priority areas as fuel and energy sector, agriculture, education
and science, where there has been accumulated positive experience of
teamwork."
"The commission agreed on the agenda of the sixth meeting of the
Russian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission, to be held in Moscow in
November," Zubkov said in an interview on the Turkmen national television.
"In general, it is related to projects in oil and gas and maritime and
air transport, where there were reached certain agreements. We also
discussed the possibility of wider partnership in the agricultural sector
and the banking system. In the end, there was prepared an extensive
program of building mutually beneficial partnership, which will
significantly increase trade between our countries," Zubkov said.
About his meeting with Turkmen president on Thursday at one of the
hotels in the Avaz zone Zubkov said it was "productive." He emphasized the
interest of the Turkmen president in the effectiveness of the
intergovernmental commission's efforts to tap the existing profound
potential of cooperation.
According to the Turkmen Economics Ministry, Russia is currently
second largest export trading partner of Turkmenistan and third largest
importer of local products. The country has registered more than 100
offices of Russian companies operating in trade and industry. Active
positions on the Turkmen market are taken by Russia's Gazprom and truck
manufacturer OJSC KAMAZ. The supplies of trucks from Tatarstan since 2006
have exceeded 4,500. In January-July 2011 Gazprom purchased more than 6.4
billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas.
The most promising area of Turkmen-Russian partnership in science is
the processing of hydrocarbons. Currently work is in progress on about 20
bilateral scientific and engineering projects at academic institutions and
universities. The number of Turkmen students trained in Russia grows with
every year. The universities of St. Petersburg alone have a total of 1,100
students from Turkmenistan. In Ashgabat, a branch of the Russian State Oil and Gas University named after Gubkin has successfully operated for the past three years.
to agree on new cooperation projects in the oil, gas and transport
industries. Their discussion was central to a working meeting of the
co-chairs the Russian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission for economic
cooperation at Hasin hotel in the tourist zone Avaz on the Turkmen coast
of the Caspian on Friday, the press service of the Turkmen government said.
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and Turkmenistan's
Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov "confirmed the
readiness of their countries to build up mutually beneficial cooperation
in such priority areas as fuel and energy sector, agriculture, education
and science, where there has been accumulated positive experience of
teamwork."
"The commission agreed on the agenda of the sixth meeting of the
Russian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission, to be held in Moscow in
November," Zubkov said in an interview on the Turkmen national television.
"In general, it is related to projects in oil and gas and maritime and
air transport, where there were reached certain agreements. We also
discussed the possibility of wider partnership in the agricultural sector
and the banking system. In the end, there was prepared an extensive
program of building mutually beneficial partnership, which will
significantly increase trade between our countries," Zubkov said.
About his meeting with Turkmen president on Thursday at one of the
hotels in the Avaz zone Zubkov said it was "productive." He emphasized the
interest of the Turkmen president in the effectiveness of the
intergovernmental commission's efforts to tap the existing profound
potential of cooperation.
According to the Turkmen Economics Ministry, Russia is currently
second largest export trading partner of Turkmenistan and third largest
importer of local products. The country has registered more than 100
offices of Russian companies operating in trade and industry. Active
positions on the Turkmen market are taken by Russia's Gazprom and truck
manufacturer OJSC KAMAZ. The supplies of trucks from Tatarstan since 2006
have exceeded 4,500. In January-July 2011 Gazprom purchased more than 6.4
billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas.
The most promising area of Turkmen-Russian partnership in science is
the processing of hydrocarbons. Currently work is in progress on about 20
bilateral scientific and engineering projects at academic institutions and
universities. The number of Turkmen students trained in Russia grows with
every year. The universities of St. Petersburg alone have a total of 1,100
students from Turkmenistan. In Ashgabat, a branch of the Russian State Oil and Gas University named after Gubkin has successfully operated for the past three years.
