The co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on Economic Cooperation – Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk - held talks in Ashgabat on Tuesday. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

At the meeting, the prospects for partnership in the financial and banking area, oil, transport, electric power industries, as well as in the areas of education, culture, healthcare and tax administration were discussed in detail.

Separately, issues of preparation for the upcoming 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Joint Commission in Moscow on December 6-7, on the sidelines of which it is planned to sign more than ten bilateral documents in various fields, were considered.

Further, the meeting continued in an expanded format with the participation of heads and representatives of a number of relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and Russia, within which these topics were discussed in more depth.