Fuel and energy complex, transport, ecology are among the key areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan
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Attention to the further development of cooperation in the field of energy, gas chemical and oil refining industries, transport and communications, and environmental issues was emphasized during negotiations between the co-chairs of the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen Committees on Economic Cooperation, Rashid Meredov and Hiroshi Tsubai. The website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reported this on Wednesday.
During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on key areas of the current cooperation agenda, as well as a wide range of interaction on promising aspects of Turkmen-Japanese cooperation.
R. Meredov emphasized the stable and long-term nature of the economic partnership between Turkmenistan and Japan. At the same time, it was stated that an important place in the context of expanding interaction in the trade and economic sphere is given to the Turkmen-Japanese and Japanese-Turkmen Committees on Economic Cooperation.
During the meeting, the progress in implementing the agreements reached at the 14th meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee on Economic Cooperation, held in December 2022 in Tokyo, was discussed.
The parties also expressed a common opinion on the need to update the Roadmap to the Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of infrastructure, signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.
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