BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are interested in developing trade and economic cooperation in a wide range of areas, Trend reports, citing the State News Agency of Turkmenistan
This was stated during a telephone conversation between the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The countries have sufficient potential to increase the volume of mutual trade, investment, implementation of joint projects in the field of communications and communications, in various industries, including food, chemical, light, and electrical, the report said.
A lot of attention will continue to be paid to expanding the fruitful contacts established in recent years in the field of science and culture.
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are strategic partners. Two neighboring countries indicated the availability of significant potential for enhancing cooperation in the trade and economic sphere, transport and communications sector, energy.
As earlier the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan told Trend, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are implementing the new projects in the transport sector.
The new project in the field of transport and logistics cooperation between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan is the construction of the highway from the Turkmen side to the border with Kazakhstan and the bridge over the Garabogazgol Gulf.
The ministry noted that the implementation of this project will allow increasing trade turnover, the volume of freight, and passenger traffic.
"This project will become another bright symbol of friendship between the two countries," the ministry added.
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