Telephone conversation between the President of Turkmenistan and the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

On March 31, 2025, a telephone conversation took place between President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif.

After exchanging greetings, the interlocutors sincerely congratulated each other and the friendly peoples of two countries on the blessed Eid al-Fitr (Oraza).

Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, noting that he attaches great importance to the development of cooperation with Turkmenistan, which takes the initiative to ensure global peace and sustainable development, conveyed heartfelt greetings and wishes for good health, prosperity and success from President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari.

The Prime Minister also expressed warm greetings and sincere congratulations to the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of Oraza Holiday.

The President of Turkmenistan expressed gratitude for the kind words, conveying greetings and sincere congratulations on the occasion of Oraza Holiday from the National Leader of Turkmen people, the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, as well as on his own behalf, and expressed best wishes to the head of state of the friendly country.

As was noted during the conversation, fruitful cooperation is currently being carried out between Turkmenistan and Pakistan in all areas, including in the political and diplomatic, cultural and humanitarian, trade and economic, energy and transport and communications spheres. In this regard, the interlocutors noted the importance of further strengthening the bilateral partnership and enriching it with new meaning and content.

The energy sector is one of the priority areas of Turkmen-Pakistani cooperation. A clear example of this is the construction of the transnational gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, a high-voltage power transmission line, as well as a fiber-optic communication system along the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan route.

Emphasizing the importance of these transnational projects, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif noted that Pakistan is interested in developing cooperation in this area. Also, the head of the Government of the friendly country, congratulating upon the proclamation of 2025 by the UN as the “International Year of Peace and Trust” on the initiative of our country, emphasized that this is evidence of the broad support of the world community for the policy of positive neutrality of Turkmenistan, and stated that Pakistan will actively participate in international events to be held on this occasion.

During the conversation, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif invited the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty and the President of Turkmenistan to visit Pakistan at any time convenient for them.

At the end of the conversation, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, confirming their readiness to further strengthen relations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and their full support for efforts in this direction, wished each other good health and success in their state activities, as well as peace, well-being and prosperity to the friendly peoples of two countries.

The telephone conversation took place at the initiative of the Pakistani side.