Azerbaijani, Turkmen FMs meet
Baku, January 31, AZERTAC
Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov as part of his official visit to Ashgabat.
The two ministers praised the current level of traditional friendship and brotherhood relations among the peoples of the two countries and expressed their confidence that these relations will continue to grow based on partnership ties between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
They stressed the importance of political dialogue at the level of heads of state, reciprocal visits, as well as consultations between the foreign ministries in terms of the development of relations between the two countries.
The FMs emphasized that with the signing of the Declaration on Strategic Partnership between the two countries as part of the visit of the Turkmen President to Azerbaijan the bilateral relations elevated to qualitatively new level.
It was emphasized that Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, along with other coastal countries, encourage friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding in the Caspian Sea.
The ministers reviewed the issues of expanding the bilateral legal framework and cooperation within the international organizations.
Noting the participation of the delegates from the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC and Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC, the sides emphasized the importance of sectoral meetings with the Ministry of Railway Transport, State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Turkmenistan and Nebit gas organization in development of energy and transport cooperation.
Elmar Mammadyarov pointed out that as an important infrastructure component of the East-West transport corridor the launch of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway opens new opportunities for transport cooperation for regional countries, including Turkmenistan. They also emphasized the significance of taking appropriate steps to ensure the development of bilateral import-export and transit cargo transportation, as well as through railway, sea and land transport between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
The sides exchanged views on the possibilities of strengthening cooperation between the two countries in economic, humanitarian, tourism and other areas of mutual interest. In this regard, they emphasized the importance of strengthening joint efforts to foster trade and economic cooperation, promote investment and expand the cooperation through joint projects and programs.
The two ministers expressed satisfaction with the development of trilateral cooperation within the Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan-Turkey format and the implementation of joint projects aimed at promoting regional cooperation. In this regard, the sides exchanged views on the implementation of joint initiatives set out in the Baku Declaration of trilateral meeting took place in Baku on 18-19 July, 2017.
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