At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov announced his intention to expand trade and economic ties between the countries, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.
“Turkmenistan is in favor of expanding trade and economic ties, where there are extensive prospects for increasing cooperation in the textile industry, railway transport and agriculture,” the statement said.
Particular attention was paid to cooperation in the transport sector. The interlocutors exchanged views on the prospects for establishing sustainable interregional transport and transit corridors.
The meeting between the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping took place on Tuesday on the sidelines of the second Central Asia-China summit in Astana.
