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News Central Asia, Turkmenistan, 1 March 2005
Summary of report from Ashgabat

Zhang Zhigang, China's vice minister for Commerce, signed a contract with the Turkmen government for the supply of telecommunications equipment worth 100 million yuans. There are approximately 9 yuans to one US dollar.

Chinese Huawei Technologies entered the contract with the ministry of communications of Turkmenistan. According to the details released by the Turkmen government, Huawei would supply digital telephone stations with a total capacity of 140,312 lines.

Zhang Zhigang also cleared the disposal of an unspent Chinese grant of 10 million yuans. The grant will be used for training Turkmen technicians in China.

Zhang underlined that China would maintain priority cooperation with Turkmenistan in the areas of oil and gas, textiles, silk manufacturing, transportation and telecommunications. He mentioned that business sector of China was interested in establishing closer links with Turkmenistan. He said that it would be desirable for Chinese regions and enterprises to get in direct touch with their Turkmen counterparts. For instance, he said, Xingjian region of China had many common features with Turkmenistan and 80% of the external trade of that region was with Central Asia.

The Chinese vice minister stated that his present visit had raised the Turkmen-China relations to a new level. He said that cooperation in the exploration of hydrocarbon resources was the most promising direction for mutual partnership. Construction of a silk and velvet plant in Ruhabat district with one million meters per annum capacity was also discussed during the meeting.

News Central Asia, Turkmenistan, 1 March 2005
Summary of report from Ashgabat

In a telephone conversation Monday, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan told President Niyazov that during his recent visit to India he found that the Indian side was interested in the Trans-Afghan Pipeline (TAP). Karzai said that in New Delhi he discussed the TAP project at all levels and found that the Indian leadership was interested in the pipeline. The Afghan president noted that all the participating countries would benefit greatly from the project. Both sides expressed hope that in near future they would continue their discussion for further promotion of the project during a personal meeting.

Karzai also expressed his pleasure on the successful eye surgery of Niyazov. Both leaders greeted each other on the forthcoming occasion of Nauroz, the traditional spring festival of the central Asian region. The sides discussed a number of bilateral, regional and global issues and praised the mutual cooperation in economic and humanitarian spheres.

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