After the top level talks between the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Belarus had concluded, the ceremony of signing bilateral documents was held. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President Alexander Lukashenko put their signatures on the Joint Statement. The Agreement on Cooperation to fight against crime between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Belarus, the Protocol on the Approval of the Plan of events to implement the Programme of Cooperation in the spheres of culture and art for 2017-2020 between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Belarus, the Protocol on the Approval of the List of Goods to the Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the exemption from value added tax on the goods imported by the Turkmen-Belarusian Trade House to the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the Belarusian-Turkmen Trade House to the territory of Turkmenistan dated May 11, 2016 were signed in the presence of the leaders of the two countries. The Programme of Cooperation in the tourism sector for 2017-2018 between the State Committee for Tourism of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Belarus was adopted. The Agreement on Cooperation in the scientific, technological and innovative activities as well as the training of research officers between the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan and the Belarusian State Technological University, the Memorandum on Cooperation between the International University of Oil and Gas and the Polotsk State University, the Agreement on Cooperation between the Turkmen State Institute of Economy and Management and the Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives, the Agreement on Cooperation between the Turkmen State Institute of Economy and Management and Brest State Technical University, the Agreement on Cooperation between the Turkmen State Energy Institute and Brest State Technical University, the Agreement on Cooperation between the Seyitnazar Seidi Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute and A.S. Pushkin Brest State University were signed.