Turkmenistan FM discusses bilateral issues with Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov arrived at the foreign office today (Tuesday) and met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, ARY News reported.

Rashid Meredov and Shah Mehmood Qureshi discussed bilateral and regional issues during the meeting. Rashid Meredov is also scheduled to meet top leadership in Pakistan during his visit.

He is being accompanied by a high-level delegation of Turkmen Minister for Energy along with other high-level officials on this trip.

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The two foreign ministers are likely to lead their respective delegations to the second round of Pakistan-Turkmenistan Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC), scheduled to be held in Islamabad.

Pakistan and Turkmenistan have decided to establish a working group to finalize the issue of laying an electricity transmission line from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan.

The decision to this effect was taken at meeting between the two countries in Islamabad today.

The Pakistani team at the meeting side was headed by Minister for Power Mr. Omar Ayub Khan while the Turkmen side was jointly led by Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Energy Minister Döwran Rejepow.

Addressing the meeting, Omar Ayub Khan said the present government envisages an open and competitive electricity market, which will not only offer investment opportunities to entrepreneurs but also open vistas for regional electricity trade.

He said that grids inter-connectivity among Central Asian States and South Asian countries will also attract other countries especially along the CPEC route.