Gül phoned Berdymukhamedov to congratulate him on his birthday on June 29, Cihan said, citing reports in the Turkmen media. Gül told him that Turkey was proud of Turkmenistan's achievements and that he was committed to expanding the friendly ties and cooperation between Turkey and Turkmenistan.
The two leaders also exchanged views on ways to improve cooperation and restated their commitment to intensify bilateral contact between the two countries. Gül invited Berdymukhamedov to Turkey as a first step in the direction of closer dialogue between the two countries. Berdymukhamedov welcomed the invitation and diplomats of the two countries will now work to set a date, the Turkmen media reported. Gül visited the Turkic-speaking Turkmenistan in November last year. He during his visit he participated in a trilateral meeting with Berdymukhamedov and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, discussing energy cooperation.
Turkmenistan is a potential supplier for the proposed Nabucco natural gas pipeline that would run from Turkey to Austria via Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. Sponsors of the project have been hoping to include Turkmenistan, linking the pipeline to the Central Asian country by building a pipeline across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan, where it would connect to pipeline networks through the Caucasus to Turkey that have already been built.
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