France–Turkmenistan relations

Diplomatic relations were established on March 6, 1992 following the signing of a declaration of friendship.^{[citation needed]} On May 28, 1994 France and Turkmenistan ratified a bilateral agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments.^[1]

The first official visit to Ashgabat by a French President was made on April 28, 1994 by François Mitterrand. 2 years later on September 9, 1996, President Saparmurat Niyazov paid an official visit to France, where he held talks with President Jacques Chirac, and Foreign Minister Hervé de Charette. In April 2008, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Bernard Kouchner visited Turkmenistan to inaugurate a new building of the French Embassy in Ashgabat, with the Ambassador of France to Turkmenistan Christian Lechervy. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow visited Paris twice during his presidency, holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on February 1, 2012, and attending a prestigious horse race in October of that year.^[2]

First appeared on the Turkmen market in 1994, the French construction company Bouygues is the second largest in Turkmenistan and has signed contracts for the construction of buildings.^{[citation needed]} French company Thales Alenia Space construction of the first space satellite TurkmenSat 1.^{[citation needed]}

There is a French embassy in Ashgabat^[3] and a Turkmen embassy in Paris.^[4]

• Foreign relations of France
• Foreign relations of Turkmenistan