Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Turkmenistan, Ms. Faryal Leghari. The Ambassador presented her credentials to the head of state.

As was emphasized during the meeting, Pakistan is one of Turkmenistan's most important partners in the South Asian region. At present, cooperation between the two countries is successfully developing in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic, energy, transport, educational and cultural-humanitarian spheres.

Turkmen-Pakistani relations are characterized by a high level of trust and mutual understanding.

Currently, our countries are implementing large regional energy and communications projects, in particular, the construction of the transnational gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, as well as a fiber-optic communication line and power transmission line along the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan route.

In this regard, the President of Turkmenistan emphasized that these projects will contribute to the socio-economic development of the entire region in the long term, expressing confidence that Ms. Faryal Leghari, as the newly appointed Ambassador, will contribute to the implementation of these major projects by coordinating the efforts of the two countries.

During the meeting, the particular importance of strengthening cultural and humanitarian ties between the two countries was noted, including the development of cooperation in the fields of education, science and healthcare.

At the end of the meeting, Faryal Leghari assured that she would make every effort to further strengthen the traditionally friendly relations between the two countries, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.