Tajik-Turkmen inter-MFA consultations were held in Ashgabat

On July 15-16, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin paid an official visit to Turkmenistan, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan reports.

During the visit, the head of the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan was received by President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

S. Mukhriddin conveyed heartfelt greetings and wishes of success from the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to the Head of Turkmenistan. It was noted that thanks to the political will of the Heads of State, the Tajik-Turkmen cooperation is steadily developing and this year has reached a new level of “deep strategic partnership”.

In Ashgabat, S. Mukhriddin also held talks with the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan R. Meredov, during which the ministers discussed topical issues of Tajik-Turkmen relations in the political, economic, humanitarian and other areas, exchanged views on the interaction of the two countries within the UN, CIS, IFAS and other international and regional organizations. The parties also exchanged views on the subject of regional security and the situation in Afghanistan.

Particular attention at the talks was paid to the roadmap for the implementation of the results of the state visit of the President of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan in the first half of May 2023. The ministers also discussed preparations for the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Tajik-Turkmen Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation this fall in Dushanbe, reaffirming the determination of both sides to increase bilateral trade in the coming years.

The heads of the foreign ministries discussed in detail the preparations for the Fifth Anniversary Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the next meeting of the Council of the Heads of the IFAS Founding States on September 14-15 in Dushanbe. In this context, confidence was expressed that the upcoming Dushanbe high-level summits would qualitatively complement the process of developing regional cooperation.

The results of the official visit confirmed the truly strategic nature of the Tajik-Turkmen relations.

source: avesta.tj