Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 1
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has made personnel changes in the country’s Foreign Ministry, the Turkmen government said in a message Oct. 1.
Under the changes, the country’s ambassador to the US Meret Orazov was simultaneously appointed the Turkmen envoy to Canada.
Moreover, Turkmenistan’s ambassador to the UK, Yazmyrat Seryaev will simultaneously serve as the country’s ambassador in Sweden.
Energy and transportation are the priority directions in cooperation between Turkmenistan and Canada. In particular, the oil and gas company Buried Hill Energy is carrying out drilling at the Turkmen section of the Caspian Sea.
Meanwhile, Canada’s Thermo Design Engineering Ltd., which works at gas fields in the eastern Turkmenistan, is the country’s long-standing partner.
Turkmenistan is also interested in establishing relations with Scandinavian countries.