President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has arrived in Turkmenistan with a working visit to take part in commemoration events devoted to Myalikguly Berdymukhammedov, the late father of the President of Turkmenistan, the public affairs services of the Uzbek President reports.
At the airport the Uzbek President was greeted by Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov.
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Then Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukahmmedov and expressed condolences over his father’s death. The sides also discussed “the issues of the bilateral agenda and regional interaction”.
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It was emphasized that in recent years the trade turnover between the two countries has increased over three times to reach $520 million last year. Over 150 joint ventures have been set up.
“The sides expressed readiness to further promote the Ashgabat Agreement on the International Transport and Transit Corridor, to efficiently use a multimodal route China Central Asia South Caucasus Turkey and to continue cooperation in the development of transportation and logistics infrastructure”, – the report says.
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Furthermore, the President of Uzbekistan thanked his counterpart for the initiative to set up “Tashkent” park in Ashgabat.
Wrapping up the meeting the presidents agreed to hold a regular session of the Uzbek-Turkmen intergovernmental commission on cooperation in trade, economy, science and research and culture in the short-term perspective.
Neither the state-run information agency TDH nor Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry has made any coverage of the visit so far.
Let us recall that at a video conference held on 26 April, 2021 Deputy Prime Ministers briefed Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on the construction progress of “Tashkent” park.The post Mirziyoyev arrives in Turkmenistan and thanks Berdymukhammedov for the construction of “Tashkent” park first appeared on Chronicles of Turkmenistan.