Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Dec. 24
By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend:
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ordered to create an organizing committee to hold international activities in the country and abroad related to the presidency of Turkmenistan in the Energy Charter Conference in 2017, the Turkmen government said in a message Dec. 24.
Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry, together with the International Energy Charter, was instructed to develop the concept of Turkmenistan’s presidency in the Energy Charter Conference in 2017, as well as the agenda and program of the upcoming international events.
Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the development of targeted mechanisms in the issues of global energy strategy. Turkmenistan and the Energy Charter Secretariat are already holding negotiations at the expert level to develop an international legal document regulating the rights and obligations of producers, transit countries and consumers of energy resources.