Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has received Eric Stewart, executive director of the Turkmenistan-USA Business Council, local TV channel Altyn Asyr reports.
The businessman "confirmed the desire of the US business community to strengthen its position in the Turkmen market and participate in the implementation of new joint projects". Business negotiations are scheduled to take place in Ashgabat.
Berdimuhamedov said that "Turkmenistan welcomes the expansion of effective cooperation with US companies and is ready to consider concrete proposals".
Promising areas of partnership include the oil and gas sector, electricity, renewable energy, transport and communications, the agro-industrial complex and the high-tech sector.
The Business Council was set up in 2008. It includes representatives from companies such as Climate Compass, Case New Holland, Honeywell, John Deere, Palo Alto Networks, Visa and Westport Trading Europe Ltd.
Experts told Daryo that most US business activity in Turkmenistan is export-related. General Electric, Boeing and John Deere are among the main suppliers of industrial equipment.
Eziz Boyarov
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