Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan Toyly Malikov held talks with the European Union Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Luke Devine. During the meeting, the parties discussed opportunities for further strengthening partnership relations and developing bilateral cooperation. This was reported by the online publication «Business Turkmenistan».

The interlocutors considered a number of issues of mutual interest. Particular attention was paid to the development of trade and economic relations, as well as expanding cooperation in the investment sector.

According to information presented by Luke Devine at the Turkmenistan Investment Forum (TIF 2026) on October 1, the volume of mutual trade between Turkmenistan and the European Union reached 1.3 billion euros at the end of 2025.

Of this amount, 900 million euros accounted for exports of goods from EU countries to Turkmenistan. The volume of supplies of Turkmen products to the European market amounted to 400 million euros.