Ashgabat will host the Turkmen-Tatarstan business forum on March 15. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Atdaev on Friday at a meeting of the Government of Turkmenistan.

It is expected that the event will be attended by representatives of state structures that are part of the joint Turkmen-Tatarstan working group on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation, industry departments, as well as heads of a number of domestic and Tatarstan companies operating in various industries.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to strengthening traditional cooperation with the Russian Federation and its subjects, including the Republic of Tatarstan.

Productive trade and economic ties, implementation of large-scale reform programs and infrastructure projects are also an indicator of a high level of partnership, the head of state said, having addressed the vice-premier with instructions on the implementation of the plans for bilateral cooperation, according to the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper today.