THE TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN DISCUSS RELATIONS BILATERALES








ACHKHABAD, March 1st.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Viktor Panov).  The
president turkmene, Saparmourat Niyazov, and the Iranian Minister for
the Businesses etrangeres, Kamal Kharrazi, visits some has Achkhabad,
have discusses Thursday of a broad range of questions related with the
relations bilaterales.

They have examines the problems which will be evoke by the presidents
turkmene Saparmourat Niyazov and Iranian, Sayed Mohammad Khatami,
during the next visit has Achkhabad of the Iranian leader.

It is above all the prospects for the co-operation in the sector
petrogazier and the possible signature of an agreement of natural gas
exports turkmene in Iran into 2001 and in the close future.

It is not excluded that the presidents tackle the questions of
installation of a oleoduc connecting Kazakhstan has Iran via
Turkmenistan and of participation of the Iranian companies has the
construction of a gas liquefie terminal to the port of Turkmenbachi
(ex-Krasnovodsk), on the Caspian Sea.

Saparmourat Niyazov and Kamal Kharrazi emphasized the importance of
the meeting of the heads of the five bordering countries of Caspian
who will reuniront next April for definit the international legal
statute of the Caspian Sea.