BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 4
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Russia’s St. Petersburg companies continue large-scale construction of roads and interchanges in Turkmenistan and mudflow protection facilities in Turkmenistan's capital -Ashgabat, Trend reports with reference to the administration of St. Petersburg.
This was stated during the meeting of Governor Alexander Beglov with Chairman of the Supreme Control Chamber of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
Issues of cooperation between St. Petersburg and Turkmenistan, including in the field of industry, were discussed.
"St. Petersburg attaches great importance to strengthening ties with Turkmenistan. In 2020, we signed a number of important documents, including the Roadmap for Cooperation. A joint action plan for the period up to 2025 was also signed, " Beglov said.
As earlier the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Trend, The positive dynamics in Russian-Turkmen trade continued in 2020 – the trade turnover increased by 39.6 percent, compared to 2019 and reached $970.2 million (excluding Turkmen gas supplies).
The message said that the volume of exports increased by 19.6 percent (to $649.5 million), imports – by 11.6 percent (to $320.6 million).
"In 2020, Turkmenistan mainly exported metals and products made from them; food products and agricultural raw materials; chemical industry products; machinery, equipment, and vehicles," the ministry noted.
The main items of import from Turkmenistan were: chemical industry products; textile, products made from it and shoes; food products and agricultural raw materials; mineral products.
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