Trade deal: Kazakhstan to boost wheat exports to Turkmenistan

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Serdar Berdimuhamedov agreed to expand Kazakh-Turkmen agricultural trade, Qazinform News Agency cites Akorda. The Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan announced this during November 26 media briefing in Astana. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized that agriculture remains a key area of bilateral cooperation. “We discussed in detail the prospects for increasing Kazakh wheat supplies to the Turkmen market. Here, we have reserves to expand exports of vegetable oils, pasta products, as well as dairy and meat goods. We also addressed prospects for constructing a grain terminal on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border,” the Head of State said. The Kazakh President also highlighted joint projects in the energy sector. He noted that Kazakhstan has long been a reliable partner in transporting Turkmen natural gas to China. As a result of today’s talks, the parties agreed to continue cooperation on ongoing gas processing projects and the development of gas ...