The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking in Beijing at a high-level conference on interconnectivity within the framework of the Third International Forum «One Belt, One Road», announced the main directions for the implementation of Turkmenistan’s energy policy.

«The commissioning of a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China in 2009 marked the beginning of the formation of a new architecture of relations in the energy sector on the continent and opened up prospects for other states to join the project on a mutually beneficial and equal basis», -Hero-Arkadag emphasized.

According to the National Leader of the Turkmen people, the same logic is followed by the implementation of another major international project - the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.

«Today we are working to expand the geography and volume of international supplies of Turkmen natural gas and electricity. Power transmission and fiber-optic communication lines have been laid from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are a number of major projects on the cooperation agenda in these segments», -emphasized the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan.