Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi has hailed Iran’s role in pushing for peace, stability and economic growth in Central Asia. The Tajik minister made the comment at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki later on Thursday, IRNA reported. The two top diplomats were participating at an International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament in Central [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has praised “unbreakable” Tehran-Ashgabat bilateral ties, calling for closer cooperation on nuclear disarmament policy. “Big and constructive measures are on the agenda of both countries’ officials and both governments (Tehran and Ashgabat) are determined to implement joint ventures to improve bilateral ties,” Ahmadinejad told his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in a [...]

Iran has called on the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to increase its financial support for joint projects in Muslim countries. In a meeting with IDB chief Ahmad Mohammed Ali in Ashgabat, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the bank for its assistance in the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Iran-Kazakhstan joint railway. IDB has approved $371 million for [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov have called for the expansion of ties between the two neighboring countries. During their talks in Ashgabat on Tuesday, the two presidents stated that their countries have the same approach to regional and international issues. “Relations between Iran and Turkmenistan have historical, cultural, and religious roots,” [...]

Iran and Turkmenistan are to be connected by a second gas pipeline during a visit by the Iranian President to the central Asian state next week. “The new pipeline could raise the volume of Turkmenistan’s exported gas to Iran up to 14 billion cubic meters annually,” Iran’s Ambassador to Ashgabat, Mohammad-Reza Forqani, told Iran’s Mehr [...]

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has called into question a US offer to help Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan over their disputes in the Caspian Sea. Daniel Stain, senior adviser to special envoy of the US Department of State on Eurasian Energy, said at a press conference in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat last week that Washington was ready [...]

Turkmenistan says it has completed the construction of a gas pipeline to Iran that will help Ashgabat reduce its reliance on Russian-owned export routes. “Turkmengaz has completely finished the construction of the gas pipeline to Iran. The pipeline is practically ready to be filled with natural gas,” state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan said on Thursday. According [...]

A senior Iranian provincial official on Tuesday called on Iran and Turkmenistan to utilize the ample intact grounds existing on both sides to enhance bilateral trade relations. “Right now, our economic exchanges with Turkmenistan stand at a desirable level but they don’t fit the prestige and position of Iran and Turkmenistan as two Islamic and [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the establishment of a new gas pipeline between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkmenistan is a huge step in expanding ties between the two countries, adding that this project is a preface to bigger projects. Ahmadinejad was referring to the Dovletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran gas pipeline, due to come on stream [...]

Tehran and Ashgabat started a new round of talks here in the Iranian capital on Saturday to discuss transit of Turkmen gas to Europe via Iran. In a meeting here in Tehran on Saturday, the Iranian and Turkmen oil ministers discussed ways to use Iran’s transit route for Turkmen gas deliveries to Europe. The new [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to visit Ashgabat late in December, Tehran’s envoy to Turkmenistan announced on Sunday. “The exact date for the visit has yet to be determined,” Iran’s Ambassador to Ashgabat Mohammad Reza Forqani told FNA, adding that the trip will take place at the invitation of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow to [...]