TURKMENISTAN: TURKMEN-ARMENIAN INTER-MFA CONSULTATIONS

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April 13 2009

The bilateral Turkmen-Armenian inter-MFA consultations were held in
Ashgabat. The heads of the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan and the
Republic of Armenia R. Meredov and E. Nalbandian, who had arrived in
the Turkmen capital to take part in the meeting of the Council of CIS
Foreign Ministers, exchanged views on a wide range of the issues of
intergovernmental cooperation.

During the talks the sides harmonized the concrete steps to further
fruitful partnership in such priority fields as fuel and energy
industry, transport and communications and the humanitarian sphere,
in particular education and science. The sides emphasized that the
requisite to intensify the trade and economic relations existed and
called for establishing cooperation in the investment sector. In this
context the sides highly appreciated the role of the intergovernmental
Turkmen-Armenian commission for economic cooperation in designing the
effective approaches to intensifying mutually advantageous contacts.

The head of the foreign ministry of Armenia focused on the exceptional
effectiveness of the meeting with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedov that had turned into the sincere exchange of views
on the important aspects and further development of Turkmen-Armenian
cooperation.

Upon concluding the talks the Protocol on Cooperation between the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia was signed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress