Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, March 9

By Huseyn Hasanov - Trend

The fifth meeting of the joint Turkmenistan-Tatarstan working group on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation was held in Ashgabat, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message March 9.

The event was presided by Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan Batyr Bazarov and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. The prospective areas of trade and economic relations were outlined during the meeting.

In particular, the possibilities of increasing export and import operations were discussed.

"The sides stressed the importance of expanding cooperation in such sectors as oil and gas, industry, agriculture, healthcare, as well as environmental protection," the message said.

A decision was made to hold the next sixth meeting of the group in 2019 in Tatarstan’s Kazan city.