Turkmenistan Ready to Ramp Up Gas Export to Iran: FM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The foreign minister of Turkmenistan said his country is interested in boosting the export of gas to Iran.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 17th Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Cooperation Commission in Ashgabat on Saturday, Rashid Meredov emphasized that Turkmenistan is fully prepared to increase the export of gas to Iran and this issue will be put into effect in the near future.
Iran and Turkmenistan inked a gas contract in 1997 to further expand cooperation in the field of gas swap deals, he underlined.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Meredov pointed to the electricity cooperation between Tehran and Ashgabat and added that his country is willing to export electricity to third countries via Iran.
The head of the Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Cooperation Commission also expressed the willingness of Turkmenistan to develop bilateral relations in the agricultural sector and added that Iran has gained good achievements in this sector and Ashgabat intends to take advantage of those experiences.
Turkmenistan’s foreign minister emphasized that the two countries share cultural and religious commonalities and that cooperation between the two countries will be in the interest of the two nations.
