The 17th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Iranian Commission on Economic Cooperation, which was held in Ashgabat on November 17-18 under the leadership of the co-chairs of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Minister of Road and Urban Construction of Iran Mehrdad Bazrpash, ended with the signing of bilateral documents.

In addition to the Minutes of the IPC meeting, a Framework agreement was signed between the State Electric Power Corporation "Turkmenenergo", the company "Tanawir" and the company "Sanergy Pishro Export and Energy Promotion" to establish financing of the Turkmen part of the Mary (Turkmenistan) - Mashhad (Iran) power transmission line;

Memorandum of Cooperation between the State Agency for Highway Construction Management and the Ministry of Road and Urban Construction of Iran on the construction of the Gumdag-Etrek-Border of Iran highway.

During the talks held in Ashgabat, representatives of Turkmenistan and Iran discussed the development of cooperation in the trade and economic sector, transport and logistics, oil and gas industry, industry, agriculture and water management, investment and standardization.

In the context of increasing cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, the Turkmen side declared its readiness to increase the volume of supplies of Turkmen natural gas to Iran via the Korpedje-Kurtkui gas pipeline.

Turkmenistan also proposed to activate the functioning of the transport and transit corridor along the route "China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran", based on the positive experience of the country in the implementation of this project, which today allows us to state the high efficiency of this route.

The meeting also discussed the development of cooperation between the regions of the two countries in the field of cross-border trade, science and education, culture, health, sports and tourism, environmental protection.

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