Armenia and Turkmenistan discuss possibility of gas and electricity supplies with participation of Iran

ArmInfo. The delegation of  Armenia headed by the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural  Resources of the Republic of Armenia Ashot Manukyan made a working  visit to the capital of Turkmenistan - Ashgabat on March 20-21.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy  Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia,  Ashot Manukyan, who is also the co-chairman of the Armenian-Turkmen  intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation, discussed with  the state minister of Turkmenistan Mirat Arshayev the process of  implementing the agreements reached in Yerevan last year 8 the  meeting of the commission, as well as the forthcoming tasks.

The sides noted with satisfaction that with the opening of the direct  flight of Ashgabat-Yerevan, there are good opportunities for  activating tourism. They noted the need to increase the frequency of  flights.

The minister of the two states also discussed the agenda of the  forthcoming meeting of the intergovernmental commission, which will  be held this year in Ashgabat.

The meeting also raised the issue of the importance of increasing  bilateral trade turnover, promoting exports, exchanging students and  sportsmen. The interlocutors did not ignore the issues related to gas  and electricity supplies, pointing out in this context the  possibility of trilateral cooperation between Armenia and Iran and  Turkmenistan.