Turkmenistan and Turkey signed documents on cooperation in the gas sector, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country reports on its official website.

 In particular, a Declaration of Intent on cooperation in the field of hydrocarbon resources was signed between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Turkey, as well as a Memorandum of Mutual Cooperation on the development of partnership in the field of natural gas between the State Concern «Turkmengas» and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Turkish Republic.

 The documents were signed at the end of the meeting between the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which took place on the sidelines of the third Antalya Diplomatic Forum, held at the Nest Congress Center in Antalya.

 During the meeting, the interlocutors stated the high level of Turkmen-Turkish cooperation.  It was emphasized that bilateral relations, based on the historically established commonality of our peoples, are successfully developing across their entire spectrum in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

 It was noted that in strengthening the multi-vector partnership, Turkmenistan and Turkey are based on the principle of “One nation – two states”, which serves as a solid foundation for constructive interaction – both on a bilateral and multilateral basis.

 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was on a working visit to Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, where he made a speech.

 This annual forum is an initiative aimed at creating a broad dialogue platform for exchanging views on current global and regional issues, finding answers to modern challenges, and developing new effective ways of cooperation, notes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.