Iran, Turkmenistan relations could further develop

President Raeisi held a meeting with a visiting delegation from Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of the People’s Council of the National Assembly of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon and the sides held a press conference with the journalists after the meeting.

“We had very good negotiations in the field of energy. Iran and Turkmenistan have a high potential and capability in the field of energy,” Raeisi said in the presser held after the meeting alongside former Turkmen president Berdimuhamedov.

“In the field of water and electricity, good cooperation has been forged between the two countries. In the field of transportation and transit, both sides have made new decisions,” the Iranian president added.

“Supplying of technical and engineering services [from Iran to Turkmenistan] will increase,” he added.

“We have good relations with the friendly and brotherly Turkmenistan, but the current level of relations is not satisfactory and those ties could further be expanded,” Raeisi further said.

The Turkmen top official, for his part said that, “Cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy was constructive and is at a good level.”

“We discussed economic and commercial cooperation and emphasized the role of economic committees because it is very important and we encourage its operationalization,” Berdimuhamedov added.

“We went over the issue of energy, especially gas and electricity, and Turkmenistan’s policy is based on the expansion of gas exports,” he added.

“We talked about electricity and its export from Turkmenistan to Iran,” the top official added.

“We agreed on the operationalization of land and sea routes for the implementation of large projects and exports,” Berdimuhamedov added.

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