U.S. Special Energy Envoy Visits Turkmenistan

AzerbaijanU.S. envoy Richard Morningstar speaks at a press conference in Baku on June 2.

Richard Morningstar, the U.S. secretary of state's special envoy for Eurasian energy, is in Turkmenistan, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports.

A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat says Morningstar plans to meet with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov to discuss energy cooperation.

High-level talks on energy issues are also planned with other Turkmen government officials.