Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Aug. 22
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
The 4th session of the Turkmenistan-China intergovernmental committee on cooperation will be held on Aug. 22-24 in China’s Tianjin city, the Turkmen government said in a message Aug. 22.
The natural gas supply from Turkmenistan to China is the solid foundation of the long-term and strategic economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Beijing intends to increase the daily volume of Turkmen gas import up to 65 billion cubic meters.
China also intensively cooperates with Turkmenistan in the supply of equipment and services for transportation and communications. The two countries have great potential to increase economic ties.
China expressed its interest in increasing the supplies of cotton fiber, vegetable products, fruit and berry crops and certain raw materials produced by poultry and livestock complexes of Turkmenistan.
Moreover, cooperation in such spheres of the economy as the transportation, electricity, chemical and textile industry, construction materials, agriculture and urban development are also considered as promising areas of cooperation between the two countries.