Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in Ashgabat.
According to the message, the priority aspect of cooperation is to ensure energy security as an important factor of global sustainable development.
“Strengthening of the constructive cooperation with the OSCE is an important priority of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy strategy,” President Berdimuhamedov said.
Zannier emphasized the interest in expanding cooperation with Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan joined OSCE on January 30, 1992. Several big international OSCE and UN forums, including those on energy security have been recently held in Ashgabat. Ashgabat considers it appropriate to intensify the energy dialogue within OSCE, formulate mechanisms for multilateral consultations on political, financial, economic, technological and environmental aspects of the construction and operation of the pipeline infrastructure.
Turkmenistan supports a number of initiatives to ensure the reliable and stable supply of energy resources to the world markets as part of the UN. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
