Iran Press/ Asia: On the sidelines of the second "International Decade for Action, Water for Sustainable Development" conference in Tajikistan, Iran's Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, in a meeting with Vice President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymukhamedov on Tuesday called for enhancing bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy.
On the sidelines of the second "International Decade for Action, Water for Sustainable Development" conference in Tajikistan, Mehrabian met and held talks with Berdymukhamedov on Tuesday.
During the meeting, the two sides expressed their satisfaction with the level of cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan and called for expanding cooperation for a long-term period.
They reviewed various ways to cooperate in energy fields with each other.
Earlier today, Mehrabian made the remarks at the second "International Decade for Action, Water for Sustainable Development" conference in Tajikistan.
He said optimizing water usage and protecting the environment can be a ground for further interaction and practical talks, and cooperation in the region.
The energy minister noted that Iran has held various meetings with neighboring countries in the past years and has tried to move the problems related to shared water sources towards legal-technical negotiations and agreements and avoid politicization.
He emphasized that Iran has provided 100 percent of its urban population and 82 percent of its rural population with healthy drinking water, as great water supply projects for 10,000 villages have been in process since a year ago.
Mehrabian also noted that 53 percent of Iran's population has access to wastewater networks at the international standard level.
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