Armenia and Turkmenistan sign a number of agreements.The visit of the Turkmen President to Yerevan is significant given the importance of Turkmenistan for projects related to Caspian energy security.

The Governments of Armenia and Turkmenistan have signed a number cooperation agreements during the visit Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Yerevan on Thursday.

During his viist to Armenia the President of Turkmenistan held meetings with the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian and Prime Minister Tigran Sarkissian.

The Turkmen President also visited Etchmiadzin and met with His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II.

Commonspace.eu political editor said that "the visit was significant given Turkmenistan's pivitol role in Caspian energy security and the ongoing discussions to create a Caspian Energy corridor. Turkemnistan and Azerbaijan do not always see eye to eye on energy issues and Armenia may be trying to exploit this situation to its own benefit. Turkmenistan has largely pursued an independent foreign policy since achieving independence when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. It subsequently declared itself a neutral country. It remains to be seen if the visit of Berdimuhamedov to Yerevan is simply a courtesy gesture between two ex Soviet republics, or if it significant in the context of the present geo-political framework."

source: commonspace.eu

picture: President Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan with President Sargsyan of Armenia in Yerevan on 29 November 2012 (photo courtesy of the Press Service of the president of Armenia.)

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