Chinese Government provides RMB 10 million grant to finance the training of Turkmen specialists in China (Linked to Record ID#69355)

¥10M RMB

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Turkmenistan
Country	Turkmenistan
Start Date	Mar 01, 2005
End Date	Feb 17, 2030
Duration	9,119 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`73056`

Grant Description

On March 1, 2005, the governments of China and Turkmenistan signed an intergovernmental agreement in which the Government of China agreed to provide a RMB 10 million grant to the Government of Turkmenistan to finance the training of Turkmen technicians in China. It was reported that the training grants were so the Turkmen specialists could use Chinese equipment.

The project was linked to a grant Record ID#69355 for modernization of Turkmenistan's telecommunications network, which is also signed during an official visit of Zhang Zhigang, China’s vice minister for commerce (MOFCOM), to the republic, the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan in 2005.

📚 Sources & References

Turkmen-Chinese intergovernmental talks held in Ashgabat
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