Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Apr. 5
Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Maksat Babayev as deputy prime minister supervising the energy industry, the Turkmen government said in a message.
Babayev has earlier served as head of the Turkmengas State Concern.
Turkmenistan is one of the key suppliers of natural gas and it exports gas to China and Iran.