BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 16. A Turkmen-French business forum is being held in the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, where a mission of the MEDEF international business association has arrived to participate, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
The plenary meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. It was opened with speeches by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan Dovletgeldi Rejepov and Vice President of Buig Construction Christophe Petit.
Among the French enterprises are representatives of such companies as aircraft manufacturer Airbus, aerospace manufacturer Thales, Alstom (mechanical engineering), Bouygues Batiment International (construction), Dassault Aviation (aircraft construction), Sanofi (pharmaceuticals), Geismar (equipment for railways), Poma SAS (rope transport systems), Technip (industrial engineering), In Groupe (digital technologies and services) and many others.
From Turkmenistan, high-ranking officials of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange, ministries and departments, and representatives of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs participate in the forum.
Bilateral meetings are taking place on the sidelines of the forum, which will last from March 16 through 17. Today, the French delegation held talks with the heads of agencies of the transport and communication complex, the migration service and the healthcare system of Turkmenistan.
MEDEF is the most significant representative of French business. The movement unites 800,000 French enterprises of all industries. Its international wing, MEDEF International, aims to encourage the activities of French companies abroad.