Tuesday, 26 October 2021 (YJC)_ Stating that more than one hundred official documents have been signed between Iran and Turkmenistan in various fields, the Foreign Minister announced the agreement between the two countries to sign a comprehensive document of cooperation and increase the volume of trade between the two countries as much as possible.
After meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Mardov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdullahian, welcomed the Turkmen Foreign Minister in a joint press conference: I would like to refer to the Supreme Leader's orders, which have a historical statement that our relationship with our neighbors is not just a neighborhood but a kinship. In addition, at the level of the presidents of the two countries in the field of kinship of the two countries, many and precise expressions have been used.
He continued:
The President of Turkmenistan has repeatedly said that only about our neighbor Iran, I believe, they will ask about their neighbor on the Day of Resurrection.
The head of the diplomatic service said:
During the visit of Dr. Raisi to the Tajik capital Dushanbe for the Shanghai Summit, a very good meeting took place between the Presidents of the two countries. , We are witnessing the holding of a joint commission for cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Foreign Minister stated:
Mr. Mardov will meet with our Minister of Petroleum, as well as other ministers and the President. Simultaneously with our talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a joint commission for cooperation between the two countries was held in Tehran and talks are continuing in the relevant ministries.
Amir-Abdollahian pointed out:
Today we agreed to review the document of joint cooperation between the two countries. So far, more than one hundred official documents have been signed between the two countries in various fields, and our agreement on signing a comprehensive document of cooperation and increasing the volume of trade between the two countries to the maximum possible.
The Foreign Minister added:
We are glad that today was an opportunity to talk about all issues for about 2 hours. We agreed to reopen the transit route for truckers of the two countries from four border points, considering the passage of the peak of the Corona crisis and the vaccination of all truck transit drivers in the two countries.
The head of the diplomatic service said:
Basic agreements were reached between us on provincial cooperation and cooperation in the field of electricity, water and in all areas of mutual interest. We import electricity from Turkmenistan through Sarakhs and Gonbad, and we agreed to cooperate and sign a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a third line at the level of energy and energy ministers. The document of friendship between the two countries on the Sarakhs border and in the field of water cooperation was one of the topics discussed.