Belarus has an embassy in Ashgabat.[1]Turkmenistan has an embassy in Minsk. Both countries are full members of the UN, and the OSCE. Belarus is a full member and Turkmenistan is associated with the CIS. Currently, the ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belarus is Murad Yazberdyev.[2] The Belarusian Ambassador to Turkmenistan is Oleg Tabanyuhov.[3]
Trade turnover between the two countries in 2013 exceeded $300 million.[8] 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.[9]Belgorkhimprom builds Garlyk Mining Plant[10] 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.[11] In Minsk exists a Turkmen-Belarusian Trading House,[12] and respectively in Ashgabat is a Belarusian-Turkmen Trade House.[13]
Cultural cooperation
Both countries held joint exhibitions and other events. Additionally, there are 7,400 Turkmen students studying at universities in Belarus.[14]