ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, May 25. The amount of mutual trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan from January through March this year amounted to $105 million, Trend reports.
According to an official source, this was said during a meeting between President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, who arrived in Ashgabat city to participate in a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government.
During the meeting, the sides stated that the trade turnover between the two countries increased by 28 percent over the year and amounted to $563 million last year.
Furthermore, they discussed issues of cooperation in the gas sector, as well as the implementation of joint Kazakh-Turkmen projects in the field of agriculture.
Meanwhile, the trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan for the whole of 2022 amounted to $438.69 million, which is 28 percent less than the value of trade turnover last year.
