Turkmenistan strengthens cooperation with Afghanistan

Turkmenistan intends to further strengthen cooperation with Afghanistan and provide effective assistance in restoring and developing its socio-economic infrastructure, Trend quotes President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov as saying at a meeting of the cabinet of ministers on Saturday.

The articles comment on Turkmen-Afghan high-level talks held recently in Turkmenbashi during a working visit of Afghan president Hamid Karzai to Turkmenistan.

Mr Berdymuhamedov "stated their effectiveness, stressing the traditionally friendly, good neighbourly nature of intergovernmental relations".