Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 29
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has sent a congratulatory letter to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and all Turkish people on the occasion of the Republic Day of Turkey, celebrated Oct. 29, the Turkmen government said in a message.
The letter reads that the traditionally friendly and fraternal relations between Turkmenistan and Turkey are distinguished by a high level of mutual understanding and cooperation. Turkmen president expressed firm confidence in the further development and strengthening of relations in the interests of the peoples of the two countries.
Turkey is one of the largest trade partners of Turkmenistan: about 600 Turkish companies operating in trade, investment, construction, energy, transport, communications, textile and processing industries have been registered in Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan exports the products of textile, energy, chemical, agricultural industries. Metals and products made of metals, household goods, equipment, building materials, electrical goods, products of chemical and light industries, food products, vehicles, and medicines are imported from Turkey.
Ashgabat and Ankara expressed readiness to develop energy cooperation. Turkey declared its readiness to promote the transportation of the Caspian energy resources to Europe through Turkish territory, one of the options being the transportation along the bottom of the Caspian Sea and further across the territory of Azerbaijan.