Turkmen Ambassador Myratgeldy Seitmammedov presented copies of his credentials to Qatari Foreign Minister Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi.
The sides exchanged views on the prospects of bilateral relations, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reports. Turkmenistan has decided to open a diplomatic mission in Doha this year.
In the first half of 2023, Ashgabat plans to hold a meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Qatari commission on economic cooperation.
Ashgabat is interested in the participation of Qatar's largest financial and investment structures in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, the construction of which began in December 2015.
In 2011, Qatar signed the Ashgabat Agreement on the formation of the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman-Qatar transportation corridor. The project is aimed at creating a sustainable connection between Central Asian countries and the ports of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
As part of Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Qatar in March, an agreement on the promotion and mutual protection of investments was signed.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov
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