Belarus–Turkmenistan relations

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Diplomatic relations were established 21 January 1993. Turkmenistan's embassy was opened in October 1995 in Minsk, with the first ambassador being Ilya Veljanov. The embassy Belarus to Turkmenistan opened in 2002. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited Turkmenistan four times (May 2002, June 2009,[http://news.belta.by/en/main_news/?id=384991 Belarus and Turkmenistan have great cooperation potential, Alexander Lukashenko says] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106210245/http://news.belta.by/en/main_news/?id=384991 |date=November 6, 2013 }} April 2011,[http://president.gov.by/press117129.html#doc Александр Лукашенко совершит официальный визит в Туркменистан] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013653/http://president.gov.by/press117129.html#doc |date=November 5, 2013 }} and November 2013{{cite web|url=http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=5211|title=Туркменистан: золотой век|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2016|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143546/http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=5211|url-status=dead}}). In January 2010, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited Belarus.[http://news.belta.by/en/main_news/?id=478674 Turkmenistan President offers joint projects to Belarus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106210250/http://news.belta.by/en/main_news/?id=478674 |date=November 6, 2013 }}

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Trade turnover between the two countries in 2013 exceeded $300 million.{{cite web|url=http://mfa.gov.by/en/courtiers/cis/|title=Belarus and CIS countries and Georgia|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2016|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524100257/http://mfa.gov.by/en/courtiers/cis|url-status=dead}} Belarus exports to Turkmenistan engineering products: traffic, construction and agricultural machinery, municipal and urban passenger transport, tractors, trucks, as well as bicycles, trucks, pharmaceuticals, chemical fibers, wood products, food products.[http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/president/Lukashenko-otmechaet-dinamichnoe-razvitie-otnoshenij-Belarusi-i-Turkmenistana_i_636482.html Лукашенко отмечает динамичное развитие отношений Беларуси и Туркменистана] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107004741/http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/president/Lukashenko-otmechaet-dinamichnoe-razvitie-otnoshenij-Belarusi-i-Turkmenistana_i_636482.html |date=November 7, 2013 }} Belgorkhimprom builds Garlyk Mining Plant{{cite web|url=http://news.tut.by/economics/318379.html|title=Правительству Беларуси нужны 1000 добровольцев для работы в Туркменистане|work=Tut.By|accessdate=20 April 2016|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105031627/http://news.tut.by/economics/318379.html|url-status=dead}} for the production of potash capacity of 1.4 million tons per year in the Lebap District Turkmenistan. The total contract value is $1 billion.{{cite web|url=http://turkmenistan.mfa.gov.by/ru/bilateral_relations/trade_economic/b5235a49a846a73d.html|title=Торгово-экономическое сотрудничество Республики Беларусь и Туркменистана|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2016}} In Minsk exists a Turkmen-Belarusian Trading House,{{cite web|url=http://www.belarusinfo.by/rek/96147/|title=Туркмено-Белорусский Торговый дом СООО|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2016}} and respectively in Ashgabat is a Belarusian-Turkmen Trade House.{{cite web|url=http://www.mintorg.gov.by/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1270&Itemid=571|title=Сайт Министерства торговли Республики Беларусь - ХО "Белорусско-Туркменский Торговый дом"|author=belta|accessdate=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716212845/http://www.mintorg.gov.by/index.php?option=com_content|archive-date=2012-07-16|url-status=dead}}

Both countries held joint exhibitions and other events. Additionally, there are 7,400 Turkmen students studying at universities in Belarus.[http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/Turkmenskix-studentov-privlekaet-kachestvo-obrazovanija-v-Belarusi---Jazberdiev_i_635491.html Туркменских студентов привлекает качество образования в Беларуси - Язбердиев] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107004745/http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/society/Turkmenskix-studentov-privlekaet-kachestvo-obrazovanija-v-Belarusi---Jazberdiev_i_635491.html |date=November 7, 2013 }}

• Foreign relations of Belarus
• Foreign relations of Turkmenistan

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• [https://belarusdigest.com/story/belarus-turkmenistan-the-end-of-a-success-story/ Belarus – Turkmenistan: the end of a success story?]

• {{in lang|ru}} [http://turkmenistan.mfa.gov.by/ Embassy of Belarus in Ashghabat]

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