OREANDA-NEWS. February 22, 2011. The V specialized commodity exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Turkmen-Iranian business forum have opened the doors for visitors at the Exhibition Centre in Ashgabat today. A regular exposition of Iranian goods again brings together leading companies from the neighbouring friendly country willing to present innovative technologies and equipment in the Turkmen capital thus contributing to further enhancement of mutually advantageous cooperation.

Manufacturers of specialized machinery and equipment, building and finishing materials, food products, household chemicals and a wide range of consumer goods participate in the exhibition that has become traditional. To consolidate their positions on the promising Turkmen market they intend to offer innovations and know-how, high-quality products.

A notable event in the framework of the economic forum will be the Turkmen-Iranian business forum that provides a platform for meetings and talks between the business circles and representatives of sectoral ministries and departments. It will promote lively discussions focusing on the ways to expand further mutually advantageous economic cooperation.

Our countries are the old and dependable partners have the lengthy common border and long-term experience of collaboration in the humanitarian and economic sectors. Intensity of bilateral contacts is illustrated by the exhibition of Turkmen goods that was held in the Iranian town of Mashhad a month ago. This representative economic forum aroused intense interest of Iranian partners, showcased the increasing export potential of our country and vividly illustrated its openness for mutually advantageous cooperation and its readiness to integrate widely in world market.

The Turkmen-Iranian business forum that has started its work in the Turkmen capital today will become a new step to enhance versatile cooperation between the two friendly states. Active expansion of this partnership with neighbouring and remote countries that is to ensure adoption of best practices and advanced technologies and open the way for Turkmen goods to world market is an important task of the reforms initiated by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the open door policy that is Turkmenistan’s strategic choice, its incontestable priority.

The three-day exhibition will close on February 23. The exposition of Iranian goods vividly testifies to exceptional attractiveness of the Turkmen market for foreign partners and the commitment of Turkmenistan and Iran to traditional relations of friendship and mutually advantageous cooperation in the interests of the two neighbouring nations.