THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING THE ENERGY COOPERATION WITHIN ECO

During his speech at the 14th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also touched upon the energy issues.

“As the key mission, we consider the establishment of energy clusters on the ECO space, diversification of energy resources supplies in participation of our states”, said the Head of state.  He underlined that currently Turkmenistan together with its partners implements the construction of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline which serves as an example of optimal and mutually beneficial cooperation.

In addition, the importance of the implementation of energy supply projects along the routes “Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan” and “Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan” was emphasized.

In this regard, the President of Turkmenistan voiced the necessity of additional energy routes, both within the ECO region and beyond it.  For this reason, the Head of state proposed to establish the contacts between the ECO and other interstate establishments on the continent, in particular the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States.