The first international forum "Major Directions of Development of Turkmenistan''s Energy Industry" wrapped up in Ashgabat. The exhibition and scientific conference was attended by leading Turkmen energy specialists as well as representatives of more than 50 foreign companies and industrial groups from 22 countries.

Best technologies of the world famous companies and national energy enterprises were demonstrated in the course of the three-day forum at Sergi Kosgi exhibition center. Turkmen specialists got particularly interested in specimen of equipment on practical use of resource-saving technologies, the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports from Ashgabat.

Some 50 reports were delivered at the scientific conference. Among foreign guests of the forum there were Oleg Zhuk, director general of Yarovit Energo company (Russia); Professor Frudin Halilov, full member of the Academy of Electrotechnical Science of Russia''s Academy of Sciences; Peter Jezek, senior energy consultant of USAID; Hussein Metin Tunjay, senior coordinator of ENDA Energy Holding AS company (Turkey) and others.

The forum''s foreign guests saw the sights of Ashgabat and visited one of the largest sites of Turkmenistan''s energy infrastructure, the Ashgabat state power station, as part of the cultural programme.