Iran,Turkmenistan stress cooperation on water, energy areas

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedow, in a meeting in Ashgabat on Wednesday, explored the enhancement of cooperation on water and energy areas. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed ways for further increased cooperation based on the existing potentials of both countries. They discussed the exchange of energy between the two countries, the possibility of transit of Turkmenistan’s electricity, dredging rivers of Hariroud and Atrak, and more interaction of the two countries on drafting a trilateral agreement between Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Hariroud River. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish