President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan, accompanied by a heavyweight delegation, started his two-day official visit to Türkiye on 25 October 2023.
The summit talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Türkiye are scheduled to take place today (26 October 2023). The Turkmen-Turkish business forum will also be held today.
The Turkmen president was received at the Esenboga International Airport of Ankara by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye, Alparslan Bayraktar.
During their conversation at the airport, the president of Turkmenistan and the minister of energy and natural resources of Türkiye noted with satisfaction the growth in the partnership between the two countries.
The diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and Türkiye were established on February 29, 1992. The joint Turkmen-Turkish commission on economic cooperation was established on 6 December 2007.
The trade turnover between the two countries amounted to USD 2 billion in 2021. The sides are determined to raise it to USD 5 billion in the short term, and USD 10 billion in the long term.
The prevailing geopolitical situation around the globe has created an entirely new range of possibilities for partnership in the bilateral and multilateral formats. /// nCa, 26 October 2023 [pictures credit TDH, BT]
#Turkmenistan, #Turkiye, #Turkey, #visit, #president, #Serdar_Berdimuhamedov,