Iran Press/ Asia: Iran's Minister of Energy, Ali Akbar Mehrabian, during his visit to Ashgabat on Wednesday, in a meeting with Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Muradov, stated that one of the strategies of the Iran government is to develop relations with neighboring countries, including Turkmenistan.
He further explained: "The meeting of the presidents of the two countries last year had an important impact on the development of Iran-Turkmenistan relations."
Referring to the 62% growth in the economic relations between the two countries, Mehrabian added: " We are trying to increase the volume of electricity exchange contracts along with the development of cooperation in the field of power plant construction."
In this meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan also considered the goal of advancing bilateral cooperation and developing relations and greater coordination between the two countries.
"The development of diplomatic relations between Ashgabat and Tehran is of great importance to the authorities of Turkmenistan," Muradov said.
Referring to the establishment of positive interaction between Iran and Turkmenistan in the field of water and energy, Rashid Muradov described the areas of cooperation between the two countries as broad and stated that the growth of economic relations between the two countries is significant and said that these relations could be increased to 5$ five billion dollars.
In this meeting, the two sides also emphasized the development of relations, the extension of cooperation agreements, increased electricity exchange capacity, and exchanged views on cooperation in the water sector.
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