Energy-rich Turkmenistan is now ready to increase its supply of oil products, as well as electricity and natural gas to Tajikistan through the territory of Uzbekistan.
The announcement was made by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, chairman of Turkmenistan’s People’s Council, during negotiations with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe on April 4th.
With an emphasis on the need to increase bilateral trade, the meeting focused on the expansion of Tajik-Turkmen cooperation in oil and gas, chemistry, industry, and agriculture.
Berdimuhamedov identified transport as a priority vector in the two countries’ partnership stating, “Today there is every opportunity to intensify cooperation to create a transport route from Tajikistan to Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast, with further access to Iran and on to the Persian Gulf and Turkey. This is the shortest route from China to Europe and the Middle East.”
The two leaders also addressed environmental issues and in particular, strengthening the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS); a key structure aimed at ensuring cooperation in improving the environmental and socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea region.
