Oriented on making people closer

Within the framework of the first ministerial meeting of the member countries of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf and the States of Central Asia held in Riyadh, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a number of bilateral meetings with colleagues.

Opportunities for opening transport and logistics routes and establishing cooperation between the port of Turkmenbashi with the ports of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the integration of the Turkmen port into the world system of sea ports were discussed by Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry Rashid Meredov with the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suheil Al-Mazrui.

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.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation, with an emphasis on the implementation of agreements reached at the highest state level.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov the preparation of high-level bilateral meetings and other topics of cooperation.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, who is in China (Tunxi, Huangshan) on a visit to participate in the 3rd meeting of the foreign ministers of countries neighboring Afghanistan, held a number of meetings on Wednesday.

On Monday, President Berdimuhamedov, during a working meeting with the participation of a number of vice-premiers, heads of regional administrations and Ashgabat, signed an order to send a delegation of Turkmenistan to Moscow on February 21-22, before emphasizing that multiformat interaction with such a strategic partner as Russia is the most important direction of the country's foreign policy strategy.

On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed by phone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov key issues of Turkmen-Russian cooperation.

On February 22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov, who will arrive in Russia on a working visit. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova at a briefing on Wednesday.

President Berdimuhamedov, speaking at an expanded government meeting held within the framework of the Halk Maslakhaty, on Friday gave a number of instructions to Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov.