President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with leaders of leading Japanese companies during the first ‘Central Asia-Japan’ summit in Tokyo. This was reported by the news website Turkmenportal with reference to the newspaper ‘Turkmenistan’.

The meeting took place at the ‘Palace Hotel Tokyo’ with the participation of representatives of the Turkmen-Japanese Economic Committee and corporations, including ‘Mitsubishi Corporation’, ‘Sumitomo Corporation’, ‘Komatsu Ltd.’, ‘Toyo Engineering Corporation’, ‘Kawasaki Heavy Industries’, ‘Tokyo Boeki Eurasia Limited’, ‘Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’, ‘Sumitomo Heavy Industries’, ‘Tohkemy Corporation’ and ‘ITOCHU Corporation’.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov thanked Japanese businessmen for organising the meeting and emphasised Turkmenistan's desire to develop and expand cooperation with Japan, drawing on the experience and innovations of Japanese companies.

The Head of State noted the importance of comprehensive economic transformation of the country, including industrialisation, the ‘green’ transition, energy diversification and the development of transport and logistics links.

The President of Turkmenistan highly appreciated the contribution of Japanese companies to the economy of Turkmenistan and called on them to implement new projects in the fields of water supply, water treatment, waste management, ‘green’ and hydrogen energy, as well as the circular economy.

In turn, Japanese businessmen expressed their readiness to continue cooperation and support the development of bilateral relations.