The first summit of the heads of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Türkiye was held in Turkmenistan’s Avaza National Tourist Zone on the Caspian coast on December 14,2022.The Presidents Berdimuhamedov, Erdogan and Aliyev first held the narrow format talks. The meeting then continued in expanded format with the participation of the countries’ delegations, according to the official Turkmen media.The sides discussed issues of further developing a trilateral partnership in the economic sphere. The topics of expanding cooperation in the fields of trade, energy and transport were identified as the most relevant.Being focused on strengthening political, economic and cultural-humanitarian relations between the countrie, the summit also facilitated the implementation of plans to create transport and energy corridors with the participation of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Türkiye, the Head of Turkmenistan added.In his speech, the Leader Erdogan emphasized his confidentiality on ties between three countries and expressed readiness of Ankara to start works on supplying Turkmen natural gas to Western markets and importing Turkmen electricity to Türkiye, according to the Anadolu Agency.The Head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his speech expressed satisfaction with the cooperation between the countries – especially 5 times fold in the trade turnover with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.The summit resulted in the signing of a number of documents on boosting ties between Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and in the areas of trade, science, education, culture, customs, energy and transport between the three countries. (ICE ISTANBUL)

Fonte notizia: Business Turkmenistan