Representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) made a business visit to the international seaport of Turkmenbashi to discuss further cooperation.

The results of the visit to Ashgabat by the Afghan delegation headed by Acting Minister of Industry and Trade Nuruddin Azizi were summed up on Tuesday, March 5, at a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Turkmen side was headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov.

Deputy Minister of Investment for Investor Relations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Badr Al-Badr visited Ashgabat on a working visit. On Tuesday he was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan by head of the department, Rashid Meredov.

In 2023, Azerbaijan imported 1.51 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Turkmenistan, which is 77% higher than in 2022 (857 million cubic meters).

On Tuesday, March 5, the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan held on-site auctions at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where business events are taking place these days with the participation of a large delegation of Afghanistan, a permanent participant in transactions at the SCRMET. The products of petrochemical, textile and agricultural complexes, as well as construction materials were put up for auction.

Preparations for the construction of a section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India transnational gas pipeline on Afghan territory continue.

At the Turkmen-Afghan business forum, which was held in Ashgabat on March 4-5, one memorandum and 16 agreements were signed between Turkmen and Afghan private companies. The total amount of export contracts amounted to more than 7 million 721 thousand US dollars.

High-ranking delegations of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan held talks in Ashgabat to promote major joint projects. The heads of the departments of the two countries involved in their implementation met on the sidelines of the Turkmen-Afghan business forum on Monday, March 4.

In the field of the use of transboundary hydro resources and the construction of water facilities designed to enhance the well-being of the Afghan people, Kabul will certainly proceed from the principles of mutual consent, transparency and equality with neighboring countries, Afghan Minister of Industry and Trade Nuruddin Azizi said at the Turkmen-Afghan business forum in Ashgabat, March 4.

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