The draft inter-governmental agreement on the establishment of a Turkmen-Russian university in Ashgabat is in its final stages. This was announced by Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ivan Volynkin, according to Turkmenportal.

According to him, the document defines the conditions for the creation and operation of the Russian-Turkmen university in the capital of Turkmenistan.

Ivan Volynkin noted that more than 54,000 students from Turkmenistan are studying at Russian universities. In 2025, the Russian Federation government's quota for Turkmen applicants was 500 state-funded places.

Also on the agenda is a project to build a new building for the lower grades of the A.S. Pushkin Joint Turkmen-Russian Secondary School, which has been operating since 2002.

The Ambassador said that in 2025, Russian-Turkmen cooperation in the cultural sphere remained active. More than 190 humanitarian events were held, attended by about 16,000 people.

He separately noted the interest of the Ashgabat audience in the Russian Embassy's musical project ‘Diplomaticheskiye notki’ (Diplomatic musical notes), which included concerts featuring works by Russian classics.