MEETING OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKMENISTAN AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

On October 15, 2024, a meeting was held in Islamabad between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif, during which an exchange of views took place on the current state of bilateral relations and prospects for their development.

In this context, the parties considered a wide range of issues of the Turkmen-Pakistani partnership, specified its priority areas, confirming their readiness to continue to expand interstate cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian and other areas.

Particular attention was paid to the need to intensify joint actions to implement large-scale and long-term international economic projects in which both states are participants.

In particular, the relevance of finalizing the work on preparing bilateral documents concerning the practical implementation of the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India (TAPI) gas pipeline projects and the high-voltage power transmission line along the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan (TAP) route was emphasized.

The importance of joint activities in the transport and logistics sector was also noted, where the Turkmen side currently cooperates with large Pakistani companies, among which the National Logistics Corporation (NLC) occupies a special place, a partnership with which will significantly increase the volume of transportation along the China – Pakistan – Afghanistan – Turkmenistan route with access to the Central Asian and Caspian regions.

In addition, the parties discussed other issues of cooperation of mutual interest.

The delegation of Turkmenistan is in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to participate as an honorary guest in the next meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.