Ashgabat, Prague eyeing expanded partnership

Turkmenistan and the Czech Republic discussed the expansion of cooperation and the possibility of partnership in the fuel and energy industry, transportation and communications sectors, read a Turkmen government message, released March 18.

These discussions took place during a meeting with the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Jan Hamacek, at the parliament of Turkmenistan.

Trade and economic partnership, cooperation in industry, agriculture, pharmaceutical sector, high technologies, use of alternative energy sources and investment activity were named the promising areas of cooperation between the two countries.

Turkmenistan is one of the main partners of the EU in the sphere of energy security. Delivery of gas from the Caspian region to the EU will allow diversifying the supply sources.

/By Trend/