Prince: Great Britain attaches great importance to strengthening of relations with Turkmenistan

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Nov.21 By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov has received a member of the British Royal Family, Prince Andrew, Duke of York. The prince stressed that London attaches a great importance to strengthening of relations with Turkmenistan, a message from the government of Turkmenistan said. "Great Britain attaches a great importance to strengthening of traditionally friendly relations with dynamically developing Turkmenistan in which it sees a prospective and responsible partner," Andrew said. According to the message, the high guest conveyed the greetings of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to Turkmen president. According to the message, Berdimuhamedov stressed during the meeting that the Turkmen-British dialogue has been noticeably intensified and gained a new content. "Turkmenistan is also aimed at further development of constructive cooperation with Great Britain built on equitable basis and mutual respect," the president said. During the meeting the parties emphasized the existence of great prospects for intensifying the bilateral partnership based on the accumulated considerable experience of effective interaction in various fields. "The opportunities of cooperation in fuel and energy sphere also became a subject of the interested attention," the message said. Petrofac, Dragon Oil, Burren Energy, Gaffney, Cline & Associates, De La Rue and a number of other British companies operate in Turkmenistan. London regards Turkmenistan which enjoys enormous natural gas reserves, as on of the key players in the international energy space. The leadership of Turkmenistan in turn talked about the prospects for supply of Turkmenistan's natural gas to the European market, including Great Britain and stressed that this corresponds to the country's plans for diversification of export of its energy resources to world markets. A series of business forums took place in Ashgabat with participation of representatives from "Aero Assets Ltd", "A.J.W. Aviation", "BG Group", "BP Exploration Operating Company Limited", "Bridgehouse Capital", "BSP International Founddations Ltd", "Cape Industrial Services Europe Limited", "Construction Equipment Association", "De La Rue", "Eagle Scientific Limited", "Eurasia Group", "Gomaco International Ltd", "HSBC Bank PLC", "Over Arup &Partners", "Petrofac", "Shell International Ltd" and others.