Ashgabat, Jan 29, IRNA -- Iranian special envoy for Caspian Sea
affairs here Saturday said Iran-Turkmenistan deals exceeded 750
million dollars in 2004.
Mehdi Safari, who is now in Turkmenistan to attend the 16th
Caspian Sea work group meeting, added the figure is expected to reach
over one billion dollars by the end of 2005.
He termed bilateral ties as positive and said both countries are
improving their relations in political, economic, and cultural areas.
Referring to the two countries' close relations in water and
power sectors, Safari added the Friendship Dam on Iran-Turkmenistan
border will be inaugurated in the presence of Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami and his Turkmen counterpart Saparmurat Niyazov in
April 2005.
He underlined Tehran and Ashgabat have a common stance on the
legal regime of the Caspian Sea.
Safari, who conferred with Niyazov Friday, said bilateral
cooperation in energy, power, and transportation sectors was discussed
in the meeting.
The one-day work group meeting started Friday.
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