Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 30
By Huseyn Hasanov - Trend:
Turkmen officials and Spain’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ignacio Ibanez expressed the proposals on developing cooperation in several sectors, namely, energy, economy, transport and communications, during a meeting in Ashgabat, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message Oct. 30.
The Turkmen side updated Ibanez on holding the 28th Energy Charter Conference in Ashgabat in November, 2017, which, will serve as a platform for discussion of energy issues.
According to the message, the important role of the summits was also stressed during the meeting.
"The Spanish side stressed the importance of Turkmenistan's positive neutrality in ensuring peace in the region and expressed interest in participating in the Seventh Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VII), to be held in Ashgabat on November 14-15, 2017," the message said.
The European Union, including Spain, sees Turkmenistan as a source of diversification of energy supplies.
Construction, energy, gas processing, as well as the creation of industrial, transport and social infrastructure were named as the promising spheres of the Turkmen-Spanish partnership.