April 20, 2005 - 05:00 AMT
11:21 GMT
Recently, the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov met with the Armenian ambassador in Ashkhabad Armen Grigoryan. The ambassador passed to the Turkmenian leader letters from President Robert Kocharyan and the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. In his letter to his colleague Robert Kocharyan confirmed that official Yerevan is interested in the development of mutually beneficial relations between Armenia and Turkmenistan in oil-gas sphere. Robert Kocharyan informed the Turkmenian leader that the leadership of "ArmRosGasprom" company is authorized to carry on negotiations with the Turkmenian party.