Priority areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the SCO countries announced
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Transport, communications, energy, trade and investment activities may become priority areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the SCO countries. This was announced at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.
As part of a visit to Pakistan, a delegation of Turkmenistan led by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov took part in a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on October 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
In its speech, the Turkmen side noted that today there are objective and real opportunities to give new impetus to cooperation between Turkmenistan and the SCO. Transport, communications, energy, trade and investment activities were named among the priority areas of cooperation.
In this regard, it was proposed to focus on the implementation of promising joint projects that are territorially and structurally related to the SCO member countries and partners, in particular, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.
Touching upon the topic of transport and logistics cooperation, the Turkmen delegation emphasized the importance of the North-South transport corridor along the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea with access to Iran and India.
The solid potential for further increasing the volume of trade turnover and expanding direct contacts between business circles was also noted.
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