President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga discussed the current state and prospects for the development of interstate partnership, as well as a number of international policy issues of mutual interest.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed gratitude to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for his proactive position and support for bilateral cooperation, which resulted in the successful implementation of projects in Turkmenistan with the participation of Japanese companies.

According to the President of Turkmenistan, the Japanese partners contributed to solving the tasks set in the programmes of socio-economic development of our country. Confirming Turkmenistan's interest in strengthening interstate dialogue with the Land of the Rising Sun, the Turkmen leader said that the necessary support would be provided to the activities of Japanese companies and financial institutions in our country.

The oil and gas sector, electricity, transport and communications, as well as such areas as water management and the textile industry were specified as strategic areas of cooperation.

Along with this, it was underlined the role of cultural and humanitarian ties in bringing the peoples of the two states closer together, strengthening the ties of friendship and mutual understanding between them.

The interlocutors called for further expansion of scientific and educational contacts. In this regard, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov thanked the Japanese side for the assistance provided in the education and training of Turkmen specialists, expressing confidence in the successful continuation of cooperation in this direction.

The President of Turkmenistan informed the Prime Minister of Japan that the construction of a gas turbine power plant in the Lebap velayat with the participation of the Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation had entered the final stage. The Turkmen leader invited the Prime Minister of Japan to visit Turkmenistan in the third decade of August to take part in the ceremony of commissioning the new gas turbine power plant. The Turkmen leader expressed confidence that this visit would open up new opportunities for deepening bilateral cooperation and would contribute to expanding mutually beneficial partnership.

At the end of the telephone conversation, which took place in a friendly atmosphere, the President of Turkmenistan and the Prime Minister of Japan exchanged best wishes.