Turkmenistan and Iran will create an inter-parliamentary group, whose activities will be aimed at the progressive development and expansion of interstate dialogue. The corresponding agreement was reached during the talks held today in Tehran between the head of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and the chairman of the Majlis of the Islamic Shura of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.

"The Iranian side supported the initiative of Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to create an inter-parliamentary group, whose activities will be aimed at the progressive development and expansion of interstate dialogue," the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.

During the meeting, the parties also 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 Speaker 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.

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.