EURASIA INSIGHT
1/06/09
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Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has appointed Murad Sapargeldiyevich Nazarov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to China, Turkmenistan.ru reported January 5.
Nazarov previously held the post of Turkmen ambassador to Iran. China is Turkmenistan’s fifth largest commercial partner, trade between the two countries amounted to $380 million is the first six months of 2008.
Ashgabat and Beijing are working on a trans-continental pipeline that would convey up to 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually to China. Berdymukhamedov recently announced that the pipeline would not be ready in 2009, as was originally projected. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].
Posted January 6, 2009 © Eurasianet
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