OSCE PA President appreciated cooperation with Turkmenistan at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry
During the meeting, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Margaret Sederfelt and the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev discussed the state and prospects of cooperation in the field of politics, promotion of parliamentary diplomacy and youth parliamentarism, in the field of energy and environmental security, issues of the humanitarian dimension.
It was noted that the Turkmen parliament became a member of the OSCE PA in 2014 and since then the parties have been fruitfully cooperating in a number of relevant areas. Joint programs and projects with the OSCE Center in Ashgabat are also being successfully implemented in the country.
"The parties stated the effective position of neutral Turkmenistan in the field of ensuring peace, security and sustainable development in the region and the world," the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Margaret Söderfelt stressed the importance of the inter-parliamentary dialogue in ensuring peace and security, and spoke about the relevance of the conference "The role of neutral states in strengthening security, stability and dialogue in the OSCE region", organized in Ashgabat at the suggestion of Turkmenistan.
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