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Mon, 06/20/2011 - 08:19
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Turkmen President: Ashgabat Willing to Reinvigorate Cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow stressed his country's eagerness to further consolidate ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran, describing the relations between the two sides as good and friendly.
"The relations between Tehran and Ashgabat are friendly and their bilateral ties are based on confidence and good neighborliness," Berdimuhamedow said in a cabinet meeting Saturday night.
He stressed that Ashgabat attaches much importance to the development and deepening of interaction and cooperation with Tehran, and said that the Turkmen government is willing to further reinvigorate its ties and cooperation with its neighbors, specially Iran.
Iranian and Turkmen officials have in their recent meetings agreed to boost gas cooperation between the two countries after launching a new joint gas pipeline project which is due to increase Iran's gas imports from the Central Asian state.
Also, late in November, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart inaugurated the last section of the 1.2-billion-dollar pipeline.
The 1024-km-pipeline has a daily capacity of 50 mcm. The 48-inch diameter pipeline allows Iran to swap Turkmen gas to other countries.
The first phase of the pipeline came on stream in January 2010 to deliver gas from Turkmenistan's Dauletabad field to Iran's Khangiran refinery.
The second pipeline which passes through Dauletabad, Sarakhs and Khangiran regions was constructed after Iran felt extensive problems in supplying gas to its Northern parts.
"The relations between Tehran and Ashgabat are friendly and their bilateral ties are based on confidence and good neighborliness," Berdimuhamedow said in a cabinet meeting Saturday night.
He stressed that Ashgabat attaches much importance to the development and deepening of interaction and cooperation with Tehran, and said that the Turkmen government is willing to further reinvigorate its ties and cooperation with its neighbors, specially Iran.
Iranian and Turkmen officials have in their recent meetings agreed to boost gas cooperation between the two countries after launching a new joint gas pipeline project which is due to increase Iran's gas imports from the Central Asian state.
Also, late in November, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart inaugurated the last section of the 1.2-billion-dollar pipeline.
The 1024-km-pipeline has a daily capacity of 50 mcm. The 48-inch diameter pipeline allows Iran to swap Turkmen gas to other countries.
The first phase of the pipeline came on stream in January 2010 to deliver gas from Turkmenistan's Dauletabad field to Iran's Khangiran refinery.
The second pipeline which passes through Dauletabad, Sarakhs and Khangiran regions was constructed after Iran felt extensive problems in supplying gas to its Northern parts.
