Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, May 10 / Trend, D.Mukhtarov /
Today, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov has started a working visit to Ashgabat.
Kazykhanov will today meet with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov. He is then scheduled to meet with Turkmen foreign minister Rashid Meredov.
The main theme of the visit is the development of bilateral relations in spheres of mutual interest.
Cooperation in the fuel and energy sector is promising. Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have a mutual interest in the transit of energy resources to foreign markets with- Kazakh oil to the south to the Persian Gulf and Turkmen gas to the north.
A notable contribution to the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector was the launch of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline in December 2009.