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By Gunay Hasanova

Turkmenistan and Malaysia inked several documents following the high-level negotiations held in the Malaysian city of Putrajaya on November 8, the Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary state news service reported.

The talks were held as part of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s official visit to Malaysia. The documents are designed to significantly expand the scope of the conventional mutually beneficial cooperation.

The report says that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak adopted a joint statement.

Also, a protocol was signed on making amendments to the agreement on economic, scientific and technical cooperation between the two governments.

The two sides expressed readiness to effectively use the existing potential for the development of relations between the two countries, according to the TDH.

Malaysia is one of the most important and long-standing partners of Turkmenistan in trade, economic and investment spheres. A long-term partnership with Petronas, which is one of the first companies that started to work at Turkmenistan’s offshore field, is an example of effective use of the existing bilateral potential in this area.

High technologies, banking sphere, urban planning, agricultural processing and food industry, tourism are among priority directions for cooperation between Turkmenistan and Malaysia.

The potential of ties in the transport and transit field was also considered during the negotiations. Turkmenistan considers Malaysia as an important partner in the Asia-Pacific region.

Turkmenistan will welcome Malaysian companies' participation in major national projects in the fields of transportation, communications, infrastructure modernization on the coast of the Caspian Sea, according to the message.

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Gunay Hasanova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @gunhasanova

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