OREANDA-NEWS. December 28, 2009. CIS agricultural forum held in Ashkhabad. Its goal is to further encourage the development of cooperation between CIS states in the sphere of agriculture and to increase food supply security. Forum organizing committee is headed personally by the president of Turkmenia, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Russia combine production is presented by Rostselmash.

The last time Turkmenia purchased Russian combines in 90s of the last century. At that time over 2200 combines were delivered to Turkmenia. Major deliveries took place in 1992 and 1993 (590 and 846 units correspondingly). After almost 15-year pause cooperation was recommenced. In 2007 Rostselmash was visited by representatives of Turkmenian agricultural enterprise and Association of “Turkmenobakhyzmat” (state company involved in supporting domestic agroindustrial complex and providing it with agricultural machinery). Guests from Turkmenia became acquainted with production capacities of the company, range of modern combines and studied their work on Kuban machinery test station. In the same year the first Rostselmash combines were delivered to Turkmenia. Two forage combines DON 680M were delivered to Turkmenia by an arrangement with the Association “Turkmenian oil and gas complex”.

The first agricultural forum is extremely important for the economies of CIS states. “We are impressed by Turkmenian policy aimed at introducing the most advanced technologies into the agroindustrial complex of the country and conducting the first CIS agricultural forum initiated by Ashkhabad confirms this fact. We hope that the forum will serve as a good impulse for further development of cooperation between Rostselmash and Turkmenia agroindustrial complex. Especially because our cooperation has strong roots”, said Valery Maltsev, Director General of Rostselmash.

Guests of the forum may become acquainted with the modern machinery produced by the company at the specialized exhibition of products manufactured by agroindustrial complex and agricultural mechanical engineering enterprises. Rostselmash exhibition stand includes grain combine VECTOR 410 and forage combine DON 680M.