The foundation for a joint university between Russia and Turkmenistan may be laid in 2023

The foundation of a joint Russian-Turkmenian university in Ashgabat may be laid in 2023. The Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko announced it today after a meeting with her Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, TASS reports.

"I would like to express my deep gratitude to Gurbanguly Myalikgulyevich for his unwavering attention to the Russian language, Russian culture in general, care for their study and popularization. We are also grateful for the initiative to establish a Russian-Turkmenistan university in Ashgabat. Gurbanguly Myalikgulyevich has already announced that next year, the year of the Russian language, we can already lay the foundation," Matvienko said.

"We are doing everything in our power to speed up our part of the job," she assured.

In addition, today Matvienko and Berdymukhamedov signed an agreement to establish an interparliamentary commission on cooperation.