President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov last Friday received First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar, in a conversation with whom the preparation of projects for the supply of Turkmen gas to Kazakhstan and the construction of a grain terminal in Turkmenistan was discussed, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

 During the meeting, the priority of bilateral cooperation in the trade, economic and oil and gas sectors, in the industrial and agro-industrial sectors was confirmed.

 In the letter of the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, to the head of Turkmenistan, published in the Saturday issue of the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper, it was noted that “the implementation of joint projects in the field of energy, logistics, industry and agriculture could become a serious impetus for bringing bilateral partnership to a new level”.

 Tokayev, in his letter, also recalled that during a visit to Turkmenistan in the fall of 2021, the leaders of the two countries agreed on the prospects of joint projects in the fuel and energy complex, as well as the construction of a grain terminal on the Turkmen-Afghan border.

 In this regard, the Kazakh leader noted that for the qualitative study of these projects, he sent a delegation to Turkmenistan headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar.