Rashid Meredov and Maka Bochorishvili coordinate positions ahead of the "Central Asia – Georgia" meeting
On October 22, in Batumi, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a bilateral meeting with the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maka Bochorishvili. The talks took place on the sidelines of the first-ever regional ministerial meeting between the countries of Central Asia and Georgia.
A key focus of the discussion was the implementation of agreements reached during the state visit of the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, to Tbilisi this past July. The foreign ministers discussed practical steps to intensify trade and economic cooperation, expand interregional transit chains, and make effective use of port infrastructure across the Caspian and Black Seas.
Particular attention was paid to cooperation within international arenas—most notably the UN—and to coordinating positions ahead of a multilateral forum in Batumi, which aims to strengthen the institutional partnership between the Central Asian region and Georgia.
On October 23 in Batumi, Georgia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Bochorishvili, is meeting with the foreign ministers of the Central Asian nations. Participants include the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tleuberdi; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Jeenbek Kulubaev; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov.
