ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (APP): Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan, Sapar Berdiniyazov called on Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf here on Tuesday and offered to export more power to Pakistan. He made this offer during meeting with the Minister and discussed matters of mutual interest, bilateral trade and for enhancing the economic cooperation in various fields.

The Ambassador said that Turkmenistan has great thermal power generation and potential with surplus power. He also discussed the various aspects of proposed conference of Inter Government Economic Commission to be held shortly in Turkmenistan.

The Minister said that Pakistan is ready to import power from Turkmenistan through Iran. He also discussed the possibilities for import of power from Turkmenistan through other routes via Afghanistan.

He assured the Ambassador of his full cooperation for the conference and said that Ministry of Water and Power will nominate a senior level delegation for participation in the conference.

The minister briefed him on the current energy situation and stated that all the resources are being utilized to overcome the current energy crisis.

He said that long, medium and short term measures have been planned to meet the current and future power requirements. He said that Pakistan wants to create regional electricity market to enhance regional cooperation.