TURKMENISTAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN WILL COOPERATE IN THE FIELD OF SHIPBUILDING

The General Consul of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation (Kazan) A.Bayramov met with the General Director of Shipbuilding Corporation JSC “Ak Bars” R. Mistakhov.

The meeting is aimed at fulfilling the instructions received from the Honorable Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during bilateral negotiations held earlier in Kazan with the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

During the conversation, the General Consul discussed with the businessman the issues of further cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of ship repair and shipbuilding, as well as the training of Turkmen specialists in order to further improve the activities of the Shipbuilding and Repair Plant OJSC “Balkan”, located on the territory of the Turkmenbashy International Seaport.

The parties reached an agreement on the need to organize mutual visits of specialists from both sides to study the shipbuilding capacities of Turkmenistan and Tatarstan in order to build two Ro-Ro ferry ships and one sea container ship in Turkmenistan. Based on the results of the visits, an action plan will be drawn up to determine further steps of interaction.

It is noteworthy that in 2019-2020, contracts were implemented for the supply of two high-speed passenger ships of the A145 project for Turkmenistan, built at JSC “Zelenodolsky Plant named after A.M. Gorky”.

Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tatarstan will cooperate in the field of shipbuilding