Turkmenistan's mutually beneficial partnership with the EU should be consistently developed, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov said at a government meeting. According to a report by local TV channel Altyn Asyr, a meeting of the joint committee between Turkmenistan and the EU will be held in Brussels on 19 December.
In addition, meetings with relevant EU structures are scheduled in the first quarter of 2024 to discuss partnership opportunities in the energy sector, and relevant talks on transport in the second quarter.
Experts told Daryo that the European Parliament is considering options to ratify the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Turkmenistan, which was signed in 1998. Bilateral relations are currently governed by an Interim Trade Agreement.
The EU hopes to receive Turkmen gas via the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Turkey, which would provide the continent with energy security that previously depended on Russia.
In 2015, a Declaration on Energy Co-operation between Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the European Union was signed in Ashgabat. The document was emphasised on this project.
Earlier it was reported that the President of Turkmenistan is scheduled to visit the EU headquarters in Brussels (Belgium) at the invitation of the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
Eziz Boyarov
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