Baku / 09.11.18 / Turan: Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey play a key role in the revival of the historic Silk Road. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlud Cavusoglu said this after a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov in Ashgabat.
"Issues related to the revival of the Silk Road, the construction of railways, the possibility of supplying Turkmen gas to European markets through the construction of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline with subsequent access to the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) were discussed with the Turkmen counterpart," Anadolu news agency quotes Chavusoglu.
The minister said that Turkey plans to take part in a regional transport conference to be held in Turkmenistan in late November.
He also said he had discussed with the Turkmen colleague the upcoming visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Turkmenistan and the possibility of holding a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Following the meeting, the Foreign Ministers signed a document on a program of cooperation between the MFAs of Turkey and Turkmenistan for 2019-2020. -02D-
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