Sverdlovsk Region Seeks New Partnership Opportunities with Turkmenistan

Dmitry Ionin, honorary participant of the CIET 2026 International Conference and Exhibition "Construction, Industry and Energy of Turkmenistan" in Ashgabat and deputy governor of Russia's Sverdlovsk Region, shared his views on prospects for bilateral economic and scientific-educational cooperation.

A delegation of representatives from 15 leading enterprises of Sverdlovsk Region visited Ashgabat at the invitation of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Industry and Construction Production. Its goals are to find partners, develop export-import ties and study opportunities to localise production in Turkmenistan. During the visit, delegates held meetings with leaders of the country's leading state concerns.

Ionin said more than 500 students from Turkmenistan are studying at universities in Yekaterinburg, including Ural Federal University and Ural State Mining University. He described the cooperation as equal and mutually enriching, and invited a broader delegation of Turkmen ministries, agencies and industrial enterprises to take part in the upcoming Innoprom industrial exhibition in Yekaterinburg this summer.