MINSK, AUG 18 (DNA) – Belarus and Turkmenistan are engaged in an active dialogue in the Energy Charter, Belarus’ Deputy Energy Minister Vadim Zakrevsky said at the workshop “Cooperation in energy – a factor of stable and sustained progress in the global processes in the 21st century” in Minsk.

The event was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Belarus, BelTA has learned. In 2017 Turkmenistan presides in the Energy Charter Conference which is a good dialogue platform to exchange views on energy issues, the deputy minister said.

He drew attention to the fact that Belarus is an observer in this international organization and that the country participated in the Ashgabat forum of the International Energy Charter in May. Vadim Zakrevsky believes that the organization has a great potential and can have an even greater influence on world energy processes.

He also highlighted the importance of the NPP construction project for Belarus. Deputy Head of Multilateral Diplomacy at the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Shumsky drew attention to the close interrelationship of energy issues with sustainable development. According to him, access to energy determines the level of development of a country.

The workshop speakers also included the heads of Belarusian universities who are engaged in training and retraining of personnel for the energy industry. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Belarus Nazarguly Shagulyev spoke about the importance of the initiatives in energy put forward at the international level. In 2007, during the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, the Turkmenistan president voiced an initiative to establish international legal instruments to ensure energy security. In this regard, in 2008 and 2013 respectively the General Assembly adopted special regulations on sustainable and stable transit of energy resources to foreign markets.=DNA

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