Georgia, Turkmenistan sign agreement on transport cooperation

Georgia and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement on launching direct flights connecting the countries and increasing cargo turnover between them, Georgia’s Ministry of Economy announced on Wednesday.

Minister Levan Davitashvili, who is currently on a visit to Turkmenistan together with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, said the country was "an important trade partner" for Georgia.

We discussed possibilities of deepening trade relations, removing barriers and allowimg more Georgian products to be exported to Turkmenistan", Davitashvili said.

The Minister said as a country with a "significant chemical industry", Turkmenistan was interested in Georgia’s transport corridor and logistics infrastructure for exporting its products.

This is an opportunity to increase additional cargo turnover. We are talking about several million tonnes of additional cargo flow using the Georgian corridor. This important agreement has been reached, and I hope that in the near future additional shipments will appear from Turkmenistan to Georgia", Davitashvili said.

The Minister said he had also discussed cooperation in the field of energy with Turkmen officials. 

"Today, Turkmenistan sends oil and petrochemical products to Georgia, but here we are talking about importing cheap energy resources to Georgia", Davitashvili noted.