India and Turkmenistan inked several bilateral accords on Tuesday to enhance co-operation in trade, education, science and technology, art and culture and visa free travel to holders of diplomatic passport.
During the talks between Prime minister Manmohan Singh and the visiting Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, oil and gas featured large on the agenda, and a natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan as a boost to bilateral ties, officials said.
External affairs minister SM Krishna and Turkmenistan deputy prime minister Rashid Meredov signed an agreement providing for visa free travel for diplomats of the two countries.
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma inked the treaty about co-operation in economic and trade fields with deputy prime minister Hojamuhamet Muhammedov.
Berdimuhamedov, who arrived here on Monday on a three-day maiden visit to India, also met President Pratibha Devisingh Patil as well as nice-president Hamid Ansari, including several senior leaders.
