COVID-19 Latest Log in  
Turkmenistan|politics|April 18, 2018 / 02:29 PM
Turkmen Foreign Minister attends ECO ministerial conference in Dushanbe

AKIPRESS.COM - Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov took part in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on April 17.

During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of ECO member states discussed the status of implementation of ECO projects and programs, the relationship of the ECO Secretariat with international organizations, the activities of specialized agencies and affiliated bodies of the Organization, the Turkmen foreign ministry said.

During the meeting, the participants exchanged views on the progress and assessment of the implementation of the goals and objectives identified in the document "the Perspective of ECO 2025", the adoption of the new Program of the Economic Cooperation Organization of assistance to Afghanistan, administrative and financial issues of the Organization.

In his speech, the head of the Turkmen delegation noted that as a priority of the ECO Turkmenistan sees development of cooperation in the transport and energy spheres, which objectively act as the defining trend of global economic growth. "Timely and actively integrate into this process, using the existing competitive advantages, to ensure the role of a full and effective participant in the formation of new transport and transit corridors, energy routes - such, in our opinion, should be our common pressing tasks for the foreseeable future," said the Minister.

Economic cooperation in the space of ECO should be accompanied by the expansion of interaction in the cultural and humanitarian sphere. In this regard, the delegation of Turkmenistan underlined the expediency of the beginning of the formation of systematic plans for cultural events, the organization of arts festivals, including the participation of children's and youth groups, meetings of the creative intelligentsia of ECO countries.

The same day, Meredov met with his Tajikistani counterpart and signed a protocol on the exchange of instruments on the ratification of the Strategic Partnership Treaty between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Tajikistan.

Meredov also met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran and Afghanistan, and the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization.

All rights reserved

© AKIpress News Agency - 2001-2024.

Republication of any material is prohibited without a written agreement with AKIpress News Agency.

Any citation must be accompanied by a hyperlink to akipress.com.

Our address:

299/5 Chingiz Aitmatov Prosp., Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic

e-mail: english@akipress.org, akipressenglish@gmail.com;

Follow us:

Log in


Forgot your password? - recover

Not registered yet? - sign-up

Sign-up

I have an account - log in

Password recovery

I have an account - log in