President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the executive director of the Turkmenistan-USA Business Council, Eric Stewart, TDH reports.

During the meeting, the head of state noted that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the development of traditionally friendly relations with the United States. The dynamic nature of bilateral cooperation was stated, which is consistently developing on the principles of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit. At the same time, the readiness of Turkmenistan and the United States to expand a diverse partnership on a long-term basis was confirmed.

In this context, the important contribution of the joint Business Council to the development of interstate trade and economic relations was noted.

It was emphasized that over the past 15 years since its founding, the Business Council has become an effective instrument of Turkmen-American cooperation, an effective platform for establishing, strengthening and intensifying productive contacts between economic entities of the two countries. The large US companies that are part of it successfully operate in the Turkmen market in strategically important sectors. More and more representatives of American business circles are showing interest in interaction with Turkmenistan.

Among the promising areas of bilateral cooperation were the oil and gas sector, electric power, renewable energy, transport and communications, agriculture, high technology, etc.

At the end of the meeting, Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan welcomes the expansion of effective interaction with US companies and is ready to consider specific proposals from the Business Council.