The experience of Turkmenistan that has offered its fundamentally new national model of economic development to the world community more often attracts attention of the political and business circles of the planet. It is this tremendous interest that gives rise to a larger extent to increasing numbers of articles and publications about Turkmenistan, its present day and priorities for national development published in most popular newspapers and magazines all over the world.
The Silk Road Newsline information analytical publication, which has a broad readership in the business circles all over the world, has recently placed an interview of Mr. E. Stewart, Executive Director of Turkmenistan-U.S. Business Council, who provided a detailed description of the role and contribution of the Business Council in expanding further trade and economic relations between Turkmenistan and the United States.
It is not by chance that particular attention in the interview is given to the exhibition of U.S. companies and the Turkmenistan-U.S. business forum, which brought together over 60 well-known companies from the United States. As is known, these large-scale forums provided a platform for conducting about 70 bilateral meetings and talks between officials and private producers from the two countries, who discussed all aspects of trade, economic and investment cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United States and clearly identified the prospects for expanding it.
The exhibition and business forum organized by the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council consisting of 24 major companies such as General Electric, Boeing, Exxon Mobil, John Deere, Case New Holland, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Honeywell, Caterpillar and Sikorsky aroused media interest worldwide.
In his interview Mr. E. Stewart expressed belief that these forums would allow U.S. companies and their potential partners in Turkmenistan to promote a trade and investment dialogue.
“As for culture I must say that we have different cultural backgrounds, so we need to learn more about each other. Americans must understand that they can not just come and act in the American way, it is necessary to receive and give at the same time seeking for mutual benefit,” emphasized the Chairman of the Business Council sharing his vision of the prospects of cooperation. Mr. E. Stewart said that “to spend more time communicating with each other and understand each taken separately is a vitally important and determining element in relationships.”
“To involve a greater number of companies, which we can introduce to Turkmenistan, and which are able to bring new technologies to this country and show them within business partnership is a mutually beneficial task we hope eventually to fulfil,” noted Mr. E. Stewart touching upon the priority objectives of the Business Council.
Answering to the question about the interests of American business in Turkmenistan, the Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-U.S. Business Council spotlighted several key aspects. “In the context of the activity of the Business Council we see four major spheres of activity of the U.S. companies and the fields of the use of their technologies, these are agriculture, energy and ecology, aerospace construction,” noted Mr. E. Stewart.
Evaluating highly the prospects of Turkmen-American economic cooperation, which has the great potential, Mr. E. Stewart focused on the interest of the U.S. business circles in intensifying business relations with dynamically developing Turkmenistan that is in the forefront of the world market economy.
“This country has access to a large number of markets as well as an opportunity to carry on a dialogue with different companies that offer a wide range of technologies. We are really pleased that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov shows interest in cooperation with the United States, and our accomplishments are seen in this light.”
In this context Mr. E. Stewart noted that the idea of establishing the Turkmenistan-U.S. Business Council two years ago to promote trade relations between Turkmenistan and the United States belonged to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
“The Turkmen leader was on a visit to New York, where he was participating in the session of the UN General Assembly. Addressing the U.S. business community, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov urged to unite for cooperation with Turkmenistan that the U.S. business community did. They united nine U.S. companies within the Business Council, and I am glad to say that to date their number has increased to 24, and they all carry our trade and economic activities in Turkmenistan,” proudly said Mr. E. Stewart.
Summing up the aforesaid, the Chairman of the U.S-Turkmenistan Business Council said optimistically,
“We see it in the past few years that this has become possible due to the efforts of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov – a significant growth of Turkmenistan’s interest in cooperation with U.S. companies. This is directly related to the enhanced opportunities of companies from the United States and leads to an increase in the number of members of the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council.
The Silk Road Newsline information analytical publication, which has a broad readership in the business circles all over the world, has recently placed an interview of Mr. E. Stewart, Executive Director of Turkmenistan-U.S. Business Council, who provided a detailed description of the role and contribution of the Business Council in expanding further trade and economic relations between Turkmenistan and the United States.
It is not by chance that particular attention in the interview is given to the exhibition of U.S. companies and the Turkmenistan-U.S. business forum, which brought together over 60 well-known companies from the United States. As is known, these large-scale forums provided a platform for conducting about 70 bilateral meetings and talks between officials and private producers from the two countries, who discussed all aspects of trade, economic and investment cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United States and clearly identified the prospects for expanding it.
The exhibition and business forum organized by the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council consisting of 24 major companies such as General Electric, Boeing, Exxon Mobil, John Deere, Case New Holland, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Honeywell, Caterpillar and Sikorsky aroused media interest worldwide.
In his interview Mr. E. Stewart expressed belief that these forums would allow U.S. companies and their potential partners in Turkmenistan to promote a trade and investment dialogue.
“As for culture I must say that we have different cultural backgrounds, so we need to learn more about each other. Americans must understand that they can not just come and act in the American way, it is necessary to receive and give at the same time seeking for mutual benefit,” emphasized the Chairman of the Business Council sharing his vision of the prospects of cooperation. Mr. E. Stewart said that “to spend more time communicating with each other and understand each taken separately is a vitally important and determining element in relationships.”
“To involve a greater number of companies, which we can introduce to Turkmenistan, and which are able to bring new technologies to this country and show them within business partnership is a mutually beneficial task we hope eventually to fulfil,” noted Mr. E. Stewart touching upon the priority objectives of the Business Council.
Answering to the question about the interests of American business in Turkmenistan, the Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-U.S. Business Council spotlighted several key aspects. “In the context of the activity of the Business Council we see four major spheres of activity of the U.S. companies and the fields of the use of their technologies, these are agriculture, energy and ecology, aerospace construction,” noted Mr. E. Stewart.
Evaluating highly the prospects of Turkmen-American economic cooperation, which has the great potential, Mr. E. Stewart focused on the interest of the U.S. business circles in intensifying business relations with dynamically developing Turkmenistan that is in the forefront of the world market economy.
“This country has access to a large number of markets as well as an opportunity to carry on a dialogue with different companies that offer a wide range of technologies. We are really pleased that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov shows interest in cooperation with the United States, and our accomplishments are seen in this light.”
In this context Mr. E. Stewart noted that the idea of establishing the Turkmenistan-U.S. Business Council two years ago to promote trade relations between Turkmenistan and the United States belonged to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
“The Turkmen leader was on a visit to New York, where he was participating in the session of the UN General Assembly. Addressing the U.S. business community, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov urged to unite for cooperation with Turkmenistan that the U.S. business community did. They united nine U.S. companies within the Business Council, and I am glad to say that to date their number has increased to 24, and they all carry our trade and economic activities in Turkmenistan,” proudly said Mr. E. Stewart.
Summing up the aforesaid, the Chairman of the U.S-Turkmenistan Business Council said optimistically,
“We see it in the past few years that this has become possible due to the efforts of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov – a significant growth of Turkmenistan’s interest in cooperation with U.S. companies. This is directly related to the enhanced opportunities of companies from the United States and leads to an increase in the number of members of the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council.