OREANDA-NEWS. On 05 June 2009 was announced, that President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Deputy Chairman of the All-China Committee of the People's Political Consultative Council of the People's Republic of China Ms. Zhang Meyin. The meeting was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China in Turkmenistan U Hunbin.

Welcoming the guest, who is in the Turkmen capital on a working visit, the president praised the "dynamic development of Turkmen-Chinese relations".

"Year by year, the scope of inter-state partnership in various fields of economy is growing," Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said. According to the president, "very soon up to 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas will come to China from Turkmenistan via the transnational gas pipeline, which would further strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries."