Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, June 24
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
During the meeting with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, China’s President Xi Jinping noted the two countries’ considerable potential for cooperation in the transportation sector and called the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-China railway route very promising, the Turkmen government said in a message June 24.
The meeting of the two presidents was held in Tashkent within the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Uzbekistan’s capital is hosting a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Turkmenistan is taking part in the forum as a guest of honor.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov offered to conduct negotiations at the government level in July-August 2016 in order to expand the Turkmen-Chinese cooperation in the transportation sector, according to the message.
Considering the opportunities for cooperation in the transportation and communications sphere, Turkmenistan sees China as one of the main partners in the Asia-Pacific region.
Turkmenistan jointly with its partners creates a large-scale, combined transit and transportation and logistics infrastructure, connecting Asia with Europe, said the message. This system will include transit corridors, opening onto the regions of the Caspian and Black Seas and Baltic countries.
As a result, a convenient route from the Asia-Pacific region through the territory of Central Asia to markets of Europe and Middle East will be created, according to the message.
The sides also noted joint experience in the transportation sphere.