Russian Region Expresses Interest In Joint Construction Of Ships With Turkmenistan
Date
8/25/2023 9:30:10 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, August 26. Shipbuilders
in the Astrakhan region of Russia are interested in fulfilling
orders on the terms of industrial cooperation with Turkmenistan,
trend reports.
According to an official source, this was stated by the Governor
of the Astrakhan region, Igor Babushkin, during a meeting with the
mayor of the Balkan region of Turkmenistan, Khojamyrat
Ashyrmyradov, during which they discussed promising areas of
cooperation.
He noted that Astrakhan factories could assemble ship hulls, and
then they can be transported to the Turkmenbashi International
Seaport of Turkmenistan and retrofitted at the Balkan shipyard.
Noting the special role of municipalities in interregional
cooperation, the Governor proposed to intensify contacts between
the cities of Astrakhan and Turkmenbashi by organizing mutual
visits of delegations to discuss areas of joint work and inviting
the mayor of the Balkan region to visit the Astrakhan region.
Khojamyrat Ashyrmyradov, in turn, spoke in detail about the
implementation of transport and logistics projects, focusing on the
potential of the Turkmenbashi seaport.
Furthermore, he added that the development of the port opens up
wide opportunities for cooperation with the Astrakhan region in the
transport and logistics sectors.
Meanwhile, the cooperation agreement between the Astrakhan
region and the Balkan region of Turkmenistan, as well as the
twinning agreement between the cities of Astrakhan and
Turkmenbashi, were signed in 2022 in Moscow (Russia) on the eve of
the first official visit of President of Turkmenistan Serdar
Berdimuhamedov to the Russian Federation.
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