OREANDA-NEWS. August 25, 2010.  President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai had a telephone conversation.

Greeting heartily, brotherly each other, the heads of the two neighbouring countries expressed satisfaction with the opportunity to discus the most important issues of regional and interstate cooperation successfully developed in these years according the best traditions of friendship and good neighbourliness during a personal conversation.

Taking an opportunity the leader of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov heartily congratulated Hamid Karzai on the national holiday celebrated recently in Afghanistan, the Independence Day and the beginning of the holy for all Muslims around the world month of Ramadan and expressed the wishes of good health, happiness, progress and prosperity to his counterpart and the brotherly people of Afghanistan. In this regard the Turkmen leader informed of the decision to donate 1,000 tons of flour on behalf of the people of Turkmenistan in the bright month of purification and beneficences as a token of unbreakable friendship between the two neighbouring peoples bound with firm ties mutual confidence and understanding over many years.

Thanking for this humane act, Hamid Karzai, in his turn, expressed the best wishes to Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the friendly people of Turkmenistan, who moved forward under the leadership of their national leader along the path fundamental reforms and great changes.

Confirming the mutual readiness to intensify further multi-aspect cooperation actively developed in recent years on the bilateral and multilateral basis, the sides agreed to meet next month in New York during the 65th session of the UN General Assembly and discuss in detail the aspects of the implementation of new large-scale joint projects including the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline initiated by Turkmenistan to promote economic prosperity of the countries participating in this large-scale project and the region in whole.

Underlining the importance attached by both countries to the development of comprehensive political, economic and cultural ties, Presidents Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Hamid Karzai focused on the importance of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Afghani commission for trade and economic and technical cooperation that would conduct its second meeting in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, on August 29-30. Hamid Karzai emphasized that Afghanistan was sincerely grateful to Turkmenistan for providing continuing support for all these years and very glad of effective bilateral cooperation dynamically developed in recent years.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said that our country as no one else was interested in sustainable development and intended to provide overall assistance in strengthening the foundations of a peaceful life and economic wellbeing in neighbouring Afghanistan. The Turkmen leader invited his Afghan counterpart to visit Turkmenistan at any time convenient time.

The invitation was accepted with gratitude. The sides agreed that the dates of the visits of the leaders of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan would be adjusted through diplomatic channels.

In conclusion Presidents Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Hamid Karzai exchanged the hearty wishes of health and new impressive accomplishments and expressed the wishes of kindness, wellbeing and prosperity to the peoples of the two brotherly countries.