BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. Turkmenistan is working to increase gas supplies to China to meet the energy needs of the growing Chinese economy, Trend reports citing Orient news.
This was stated by the Chairman of the upper house of Parliament of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
According to him, Turkmenistan is currently working on increasing the volume of supplies of Turkmen natural gas, taking into account the growing needs of China's economy and the possibilities of the country's resource base.
He stressed that in this regard, the country is ready for a substantive discussion of the possibilities of building the 4th pipeline route from Turkmenistan to China.
Earlier, President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, during a meeting with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, supported the proposal to build the fourth line of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline.
