Since the beginning of 2025, trade turnover between Russia and Turkmenistan has increased by almost one-third compared to the same period in 2024. This was reported by the office of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev in connection with his working visit to Turkmenistan.

At a meeting with the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council) of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Patrushev noted that cooperation between the two countries has reached a high level and has taken on the character of a strategic partnership, which positively affects trade and economic relations.

During the visit, a meeting also took place with the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, where issues of developing trade and economic cooperation and joint efforts to protect the Caspian Sea were discussed. Patrushev noted the positive trend in the supply of agricultural products and expressed Russia’s readiness to increase the volume of food and mineral fertilizer exports.

Environmental safety and environmental protection were named as important areas for further cooperation, including the preservation of the Caspian Sea and the development of relations in the fields of geology and subsoil use.