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President Hassan Rouhani states the presence of big opportunities for expansion of Turkmen – Iranian dialog
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President Hassan Rouhani states the presence of big opportunities for expansion of Turkmen – Iranian dialog
Published 27.03.2018
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Speaking to the press after bilateral documents signing ceremony, President Hassan Rouhani noted the constructive character of the talks in Ashgabat. Iranian and Turkmen nations are united by the common history, culture, religion and old traditions of neighbourhood, trade and economic and humanitarian relations. Today, the Sides are willing to use the existing potential for further development of efficient partnership including in energy sphere. In this regard, high-rank guest stated that the third line of electrical energy supplies from Turkmenistan to Iran is opening. There are big opportunities stipulated by advantageous geographic location of Turkmenistan and Iran, President Hassan Rouhani noted. In this context, the decision on opening the bridge in Serakhs in order to give new impulse to the cooperation in this field has been taken. Regarding interstate and intergovernmental spheres of cooperation, many agreements have been reached in this area, high-rank guest said. Our countries have considerable potential for the increment of the volumes of bilateral trade turnover, wide perspectives for cooperation in engineering and technical services, transit of energy, industrial sphere and activation of investment activity. It was informed that the decision of opening of new road between Mary and Serakhs has been made. The Sides agreed on participation of Iranian companies in joint projects of road construction. Having touched upon the subject of cooperation in Caspian Sea, the President of the IRI stated the presence of big opportunities for the development of Turkmen – Iranian trade and economic partnership. Important agreements on humanitarian cooperation including in scientific research and cultural spheres as well as in technology field were important results of the talks. High-ranking guest noted that the Sides are committed to close cooperation in international arena, to consolidation of the effort for the provision of peace, security and fruitful partnership in the region. In the end, having expressed the confidence that current negotiations would bring the results in the nearest future, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran addressed Turkmen colleague with sincere gratitude of the hospitality and permanent attention to the subjects of interstate relations.

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