AKIPRESS.COM - On February 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Yevgeny Shestakov, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit.

During the talks, issues of bilateral relations were discussed, including the implementation of the provisions of the Programme of Cooperation between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries.

Among the areas of interest, there has been marked constructive character of the political and diplomatic cooperation at the bilateral level and within international organizations, interaction in the fields of culture, education and sports.

The two sides exchanged views on the state and prospects of trade and economic partnership, noted an emerging trend in the recent growth of mutual trade turnover.