At a meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese intergovernmental committee, energy and transport were named among the priorities of cooperation
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Partnership in the field of energy and transport was identified as a priority area of interaction at the 6th meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, which took place on Wednesday in Ashgabat. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
At the meeting, the Turkmen delegation was headed by the Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, the PRC delegation was a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, Vice-Premier of the State Council of the PRC Ding Xuexiang.
The co-chairs of the intergovernmental committee emphasized that the main factor in the effective and comprehensive development of Turkmen-Chinese relations is the open, trusting, constructive and friendly dialogue that has developed at the highest state level.
Cooperation in the field of energy and in the transport and logistics sector were identified as priority areas of bilateral cooperation.
The meeting participants expressed a common opinion on the need to build up the Turkmen-Chinese partnership in such areas as trade, energy, transport, infrastructure, agriculture, as well as create a favorable business climate for entrepreneurs, exchange scientific and technological achievements and expand cultural and humanitarian ties.
It was stated that Turkmenistan and China have great potential for developing cooperation in the technological field and finding new opportunities to promote the sustainable development of the economies of the two countries.
During the meeting, the readiness to strengthen contacts between the parties in the fields of trade, energy, transport and logistics, culture, education, science and high technology was confirmed.
As a result of the meeting, the following were signed: an Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the People's Republic of China on international road transport, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China on deepening scientific and technical cooperation, as well as the Protocol of the 6th meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee on cooperation.
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