BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 24
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan's Turkmenaragatnasyk Agency (Turkmen Communications) will sign a contract with Austria’s Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Eastern Europe GmbH for the purchase, installation and launch of FM radio broadcasting equipment, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenistan’s State News Agency.
The relevant decree authorizing the conclusion of the above-mentioned contract was signed by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
The new equipment is necessary to expand the radio broadcasting network in Turkmenistan.
As earlier Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs of Austria told Trend, Austria's main area of interest in Turkmenistan is energy, including renewable sources of energy, environmental technologies such as water and waste management, health technology and pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food processing, infrastructure and digitalization (e-government, e-learning), added ministry.
Also, negotiations on establishing business contacts between the Turkmen Rysgal Joint Stock Commercial Bank and Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International were held.
The prospects of the country's cooperation with Austria cover the creation of joint innovative facilities in the Turkmen free economic zones, the construction of mineral fertilizer production plants, and cooperation in petrochemical and gas sectors.
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