President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymuhamedov and Pakistan Prime Minister Shakhbaz Sharif discussed the phone of bilateral cooperation, including in the field of energy.
According to the state news agency “Turkmenistan Today”, the interlocutors confirmed the high level of bilateral interaction covering the political-diplomatic, cultural, humanitarian, trade, economic, energy and transport and communication spheres. The importance of further expansion of partnership and filling it with new content is emphasized.
Particular attention was paid to cooperation in the energy sector, which is one of the key areas of bilateral interaction. In this context, the strategic importance of the construction of the transnational gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Afganistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), the high-voltage power line and the optical-fabric communication system connecting three countries.
is noted.
Pakistan Prime Minister emphasized his country’s interest in developing energy partnership with Turkmenistan and expressed his readiness to deepen cooperation in this area.
At the end of the conversation, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shakhbaz Sharif expressed their readiness to further deepen bilateral relations, emphasizing the mutual support of efforts aimed at developing a multifaceted partnership. It is noted that the telephone conversation took place on the initiative of the Pakistani side.