Ashgabat, Minsk to expand trade, economic partnership

Extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Belarus to Turkmenistan Oleg Tabanyuhov held a series of meetings in Ashgabat with the representatives of the country’s Cabinet of Ministers.

The cooperation between the two countries on a wide range of issues in the spheres of trade, industry, agriculture, construction, science, education and culture were discussed during the meetings, said the embassy of Belarus.

The parties stressed the strategic nature of bilateral cooperation and the significant potential for its intensive development, confirmed their interest in further expansion of cooperation in all these areas, according to the embassy.

The construction of Garlyk mining and processing enterprise in Turkmenistan’s Lebap region, where rich deposits of potassium salts located, is one of the main projects in the economic partnership between the two countries.

It was earlier reported that the enterprise is built by Belarusian Belgorkhimprom JSC and its capacity is 1.4 million tons of mineral fertilizers per year.

/By Trend/