In terms of cooperation in energy, was the project of transporting Turkmen gas to Europe bypassing Russia discussed?
Assistant Secretary Blake: We had a very long and good conversation about ways to enhance our energy cooperation and as a whole the United States supports the diversification of export routes for hydrocarbons from Turkmenistan, but we didn’t really discuss Russia in particular. QUESTION: Reuters News Agency. Marat Gurt. On the agenda of the consultations, there were issues of military cooperation. I would like to know what specific agreements were made. Has the issue of transporting military cargo through Turkmenistan to Afghanistan been raised. I would appreciate a more concrete answer on this one. Assistant Secretary Blake: No the United States is not looking to transport military supplies through Turkmenistan, but we do have a small military cooperation program with Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan lies in a very sensitive area, near the border of Afghanistan and of course we would like to do everything we can to enhance border security, counter narcotics and other kinds of cooperation to
