BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the head of the Russian Gazprom PJSC Alexey Miller, Trend reports with reference to the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.
During the meeting, the parties noted that currently, thanks to mutual efforts, interstate cooperation is actively developing, and also added that in this context, an important place is given to cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, where a lot of experience has been accumulated and there is solid potential. At the same time, it was noted that Gazprom is a long-standing partner of Turkmenistan, with which strong ties have been established.
It was emphasized that Turkmenistan, having vast reserves of natural resources, is aimed at the progressive development of long-term cooperation with all interested foreign partners. The key vectors here are the modernization of oil and gas industry enterprises, increasing the efficiency of the extractive and processing sectors, diversification of energy exports, as well as the implementation of joint projects.
Speaking about this, the head of Turkmenistan noted the existence of good prospects for further deepening of bilateral cooperation. In this context, approaches to the optimal realization of the existing potential of cooperation were discussed.
At the end of the meeting, Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Alexey Miller expressed confidence in the successful continuation of the productive Turkmen-Russian partnership in the energy sector, built on a mutually beneficial long-term basis and aimed at concrete results.