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Turkmenistan, Iran mull border, customs issues

Business Materials 30 September 2016 20:50 (UTC +04:00)
The 12th meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian commission on consular, border and customs issues was held in Tehran, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message Sept. 30.
Turkmenistan, Iran mull border, customs issues

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sept. 30

By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend:

The 12th meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian commission on consular, border and customs issues was held in Tehran, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message Sept. 30.

Hassan Ghashghavi, deputy foreign minister for consular and parliamentary affairs, is the co-chairman of the commission from the Iranian side, the message said.

According to the message, the sides discussed the issues of expanding cooperation in the legal aspects of consular issues, border control. A protocol was signed following the meeting.

The next meeting of the commission is planned to be held in Ashgabat in 2017.

A number of large economic projects were implemented by Turkmenistan and Iran during the years of long-term cooperation.

Iran ranks third in Turkmenistan’s foreign trade, primarily, due to natural gas purchase. In its turn, Turkmenistan imports raw materials, building materials, steel products and inorganic chemicals, plastic products, rubber, detergents, food and other consumer goods from Iran.

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