Turkmenistan – EU: transport and energy on the agenda of the upcoming forums 2023/2024
The next, 15th meeting in the format of the Turkmenistan-European Union Human Rights Dialogue will be held in Brussels on December 18. And the next day, on December 19, the 22nd meeting of the Turkmenistan-EU joint committee will be held in the Belgian capital to discuss key aspects of bilateral relations, including trade and economy. The 21st meeting of the committee was held in Ashgabat on November 24, 2022.
The Turkmen delegation will also take part in the Transport Investment Forum, which is scheduled for January 29-30, 2024 in Brussels. The forum, organized by the European Commission, will bring together representatives of the public and private sector, investors interested in improving sustainable transport links between the two regions of the continent – European and Central Asian.
The event will be a follow-up to an earlier EC study on sustainable transport links between Europe and Central Asia, which was implemented by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and published on June 30, 2023.
In continuation of this dialogue, it is planned to organize a meeting of experts in the field of transport from government agencies and private transport and logistics companies in the second quarter of next year. The proposal to hold this symposium in Ashgabat was announced at the 19th meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian countries and the European Union, held in Luxembourg on October 23, and the participants of the meeting welcomed it, which is reflected in the joint communique.
Reporting on these activities in the line of interaction with the EU at a government meeting on Friday, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan submitted for consideration to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov a proposal to organize a meeting with relevant EU structures in the first quarter of 2024 in order to discuss partnership opportunities and exchange experience in the field of energy.
It is also planned to hold the next meeting of the foreign ministers of the Central Asian countries and the European Union in Turkmenistan in 2024.
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