Tag: Iran-Turkmenistan Relations

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale has struck the city of Maraveh-Tappeh in the northern Iranian province of Golestan, near the country’s border with Turkmenistan.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed Tehran’s preparedness to transfer its experiences and help Ashgabat combat the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

An Iranian official says the country is not supposed to pay any damages to Turkmenistan because of overdue payments for the latter’s natural gas exports to the Islamic Republic.

Environmental officials from the five Caspian Sea littoral states have attended an online meeting on the ways to protect and preserve the marine environment at the world’s largest lake.

Iran and Turkmenistan are to resume the transit of goods as well as trade.

Iran’s minister of roads and urban development says the ministry is seeking to resume trade transactions with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy says following negotiations between Tehran and Ashgabat, the Iran-Turkmenistan border will probably reopen in the next 10 to 20 days.

The deputy foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkmenistan held a fresh round of political consultations via video conference on Tuesday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate phone conversations with his counterparts from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.

The presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkmenistan have stressed the need to normalize the trade interaction between the two neighbors in conformity with the health regulations, calling for mutual cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus.