"On November 26, 2021, flight 8536 of the Russian airline S7, organized by the Russian Embassy, ​​departed from Turkmenabat to Moscow," the Russian diplomatic mission said.

The embassy clarified that 196 passengers used the export flight.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in an interview with TASS earlier said that the use of Russian vaccines against coronavirus infection can successfully fight the pandemic.

He added that Turkmenistan became one of the first countries in the world to officially approve the use of the Russian Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona vaccines on its territory.