ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan’s president is preparing to make an official visit to Brussels as the European Parliament discusses ratification of a long-stalled partnership agreement with the Central Asian state, the European Union’s ambassador to Ashgabat said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a joint briefing with Turkmenistan’s deputy foreign minister, Myahri Byashimova, EU ambassador Beata Peksa said that though a date for President Serdar Berdymukhamedov’s visit had not yet been agreed, the agenda was expected to address energy issues.
Turkmenistan, a mostly desert country of 7 million, has the world’s fourth largest gas reserves, and is looking to diversify its export markets. Most Turkmen gas currently goes to China.
