Today, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, met with the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Islamic Shura of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, as part of his working visit to Iran.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the development of bilateral partnership in the transport sector, fuel and energy complex, electric power industry, construction of roads and bridges, where Turkmenistan and Iran can effectively cooperate and implement joint projects.

The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament noted the existing impressive potential for increasing the volume of export-import operations and stressed the need to expand trade and economic relations between the two neighboring countries, including through the creation of trade missions.

Also, the Iranian side supported the initiative of the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the creation of an inter-parliamentary group, whose activities will be aimed at the progressive development and expansion of interstate dialogue.

One of the other important topics of the talks was also environmental issues, which are one of the important problems of our time. As was emphasized, Iran has always supported and will continue to support all the initiatives put forward by Turkmenistan in this area.