International business, financial institutions are attentive and interested in the Caspian region, understand its potential and geo-economic value, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted at the IV Caspian Summit, which brought together leaders of coastal states in Ashgabat on Wednesday.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov called the provision of strong, long-term and indivisible security in the region one of the main tasks and, at the same time, an indispensable condition for the success of five-sided cooperation in the Caspian Sea.
The VI Caspian Summit has moved to an expanded format – a meeting of the heads of the Caspian littoral states held in Ashgabat on Wednesday ended with a meeting in a narrow format. The Presidents moved to another, more spacious hall, where they were joined by members of the delegations of five countries.
The VI Caspian Summit opened in Ashgabat. The meeting of the heads of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and the Russian Federation is taking place at the Arkadag Hotel.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahian stressed the importance of the agreement on direct baselines, speaking at a meeting of the foreign Ministers of the Caspian littoral states on Tuesday in Ashgabat.
The level of five-sided cooperation since the previous meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian states four years ago has grown markedly, which dictates the need for us to meet more often in this format, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Kazakhstan, within the framework of the Caspian cooperation, supports, firstly, the expansion of transit-transport and investment cooperation, the creation of new multimodal routes, including using the Caspian transport corridors that are not fully involved.
Legends of foreign pop and stars of Russian show business will give a big concert today in the building "Turkmen white Yurt", located in the Ak Bugdai district of the Akhal region.
At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SCRMET) 2 transactions were concluded for a total of $192 thousand and 3.6 million Turkmen manats.
A meeting of heads of the Foreign Ministries of the Caspian states has opened in Ashgabat. Rashid Meredov met his colleagues arriving at the building of the Foreign Ministry. The first to arrive was Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who held a bilateral meeting with Meredov on the sidelines of the forum.
A bilateral meeting of the ministers of Turkmenistan and Russia was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Rashid Meredov and Sergey Lavrov held talks before the meeting of the heads of the foreign policy departments of the Caspian states.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed Deputy Prime Minister Annageldy Yazmyradov, who is in charge of the agro-industrial complex, to create a permanent water resources management center in the administrative center of the Kerki district of the Lebap region.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the heads of large Turkish construction companies.
At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SCRMET), 25 deals were concluded for a total of $24.4 million and 40.5 million Turkmen manats.
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