Emphasising that Iranian and Turkmen nations are relatives alongside being neighbours, Ayatollah Raisi said, “Turkmenistan can always rely on long-term and sincere friendship with the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
In response to a phone call from the Speaker of the National Assembly of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on Tuesday evening, Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi congratulated him on holding presidential elections and congratulated him on Nowruz and stressed the need to develop relations with Central Asian countries, especially Turkmenistan.
Referring to the development of Tehran-Ashgabat relations during the presidency of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Dr Raisi said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always wanted to develop cooperation with Turkmenistan in the fields of energy, politics and security, and your role in achieving these goals is admirable”.
Referring to his visit to Turkmenistan and meeting with the President of the country, the President said, “You can always rely on long-term and sincere friendship with the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Turkmen National Assembly Speaker Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow also thanked Ayatollah Raisi for his efforts to develop bilateral relations between the two countries.
In his first phone call with Ayatollah Raisi after the election results were announced, the new President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow thanked President Raisi for his congratulatory message and stressed the need to expand comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, saying, “I announce the full readiness for the development of Tehran-Ashgabat relations in all bilateral, multilateral, regional and international fields”.
In response to this phone call, Ayatollah Raisi said, “The nations of Iran and Turkmenistan are relatives alongside being neighbours”.
Referring to the importance of the North-South corridor, the President stressed, “We hope that in the new presidential term in Turkmenistan we will see cooperation and greater activation of the economic capacities of the two countries”.
Source: Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran
