The National Leader of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is on an official visit to France, was received by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (5 May 2025) at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
According to AFP, several agreements were signed at the Elysee. France’s Thales Alenia Space Group signed a framework agreement for the supply of a second telecommunications satellite.
The two governments also agreed to cooperate in the field of sustainable urban development while concluding a roadmap for educational and academic cooperation and the extension of a joint archaeological mission in Turkmenistan.
This is the second visit of The National Leader of Turkmenistan to France. His previous visit took place in 2010 when he was the President of Turkmenistan.
TDH, the official news agency of Turkmenistan, commented that Turkmen-French cooperation in the political and diplomatic sphere is successfully developing both in bilateral and multilateral formats. Political consultations are regularly held between the foreign ministries of the two countries.