Turkmenistan attaches great importance to cooperation with the European Union, and the partnership between the two is developing at a high level. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a meeting with the European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, according to TDH.

“Turkmenistan attaches great importance to cooperation with the European Union in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, and cultural-humanitarian spheres,” the head of state noted, stating that in recent years the partnership between Turkmenistan and the European Union has been developing at a high level.

“We highly value our partnership with the European Union,” the head of state emphasized, expressing the Turkmen side's readiness to further strengthen fruitful ties.

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the state and priority areas for the development of cooperation, built on trust and mutual respect. In this regard, it was noted that several projects with the European Union in the field of science and education, ecology, energy, and transport corridors are being successfully implemented in Turkmenistan.

Touching upon the issues of creating new transport corridors, the interlocutors agreed that, given Turkmenistan's advantageous geographical location, improving this system is one of the most important issues of our time.

The President wished success to the high-level meeting on the launch of the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor Coordination Platform, expressing confidence that the agreements reached would contribute to the further development of cooperation between the European Union and the countries of the Central Asian region.

At the same time, it was especially emphasized that long-term relations are constantly improving both on a bilateral and multilateral basis, in particular in the format of "Central Asia-European Union".

Jutta Urpilainen, particularly emphasizing Turkmenistan's role as a reliable transport bridge between Asia and Europe, highly appreciated Ashgabat's active position in expanding multilateral interaction between the EU and Central Asia in the field of transport.

“As you know, the creation of environmentally friendly, safe, efficient, and reliable transport corridors is necessary to support sustainable economic and social development and is extremely important in strengthening international cooperation and trade relations between countries,” said President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

It was noted that Turkmenistan is currently gradually implementing a number of large-scale projects to develop transport in the Eurasian space. Together with the countries of the region and authoritative international organizations, Turkmenistan is actively developing such promising transport corridors as North-South and East-West.

The head of state expressed confidence that these corridors would become a reliable bridge for developing cooperation and trade and economic relations between the countries of the Eurasian continent.

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