President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the welcoming statement to participants of the international scientific conference on the Use of Alternative Energy Sources in Turkmenistan.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will soon pay an official visit the Republic of Belarus at the head of the governmental delegation of Turkmenistan. The preparations and a program of the forthcoming visit were discussed yesterday at a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

These December days marked by the historic meetings in the Turkmen land, undoubtedly, have occupied a special place in the global political calendar, particularly in the light the endeavours to build the new architecture of global energy security as well as the high effectiveness of the intergovernmental agreements – both implemented and new, which were reached during the recent visits of President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev to Turkmenistan.

China has already received more than 23 million cubic meters of natural gas from Turkmenistan via a newly commissioned gas pipeline, and gas supplies will be increased steadily. This was reported by Vice Premier Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.