Mashad, IRNA – Iran Ambassador to Turkmenistan Gholam Abbas Arbab Khales has referred to a 55% increase in Iran-Turkmenistan trade ties in the last Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2022), saying relations are expected to grow further.

Speaking to IRNA, Arbab Khales said on Sunday that a new round of expansion of commercial, transit, cultural, and political relations between Iran and Turkmenistan started with the visit of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Ashgabat in November 2021.

Developing political relations with Turkmenistan accelerated the all-out cooperation between the two countries, especially in the economic and commercial spheres, he added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the envoy hailed a recent report by the National Iranian Gas Company which showed there has been a 250% growth in gas swap from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan via Iran in the last Iranian calendar year.

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