President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze, who had arrived in Ashgabat leading a high-level delegation.
Thanking for extending the warm welcome in Turkmenistan, the distinguished guest conveyed the hearty greetings of President of Georgia Mihail Saakashvili who had expressed the cordial wishes of happiness, peace and prosperity in the new year to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and citizens of Turkmenistan.
Expressing the best wishes to the leadership and people of the friendly country, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov focused on progressive development of Turkmen-Georgian relations that had been intensified in recent years. The Turkmen leader emphasized that the time had come to bring bilateral relations to a new level as provided by the rapid advance of Turkmenistan and Georgia that had the tremendous economic potential and profound experience of independent development.
In a businesslike and constructive atmosphere the President of Turkmenistan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia exchanged views on the whole spectrum of interstate cooperation. Grigol Vashadze emphasized that Georgia as well as the international community highly evaluated and supported the peace-loving policy pursued by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the important international initiatives he put forward to address urgent problems facing mankind today and strengthening global peace and security.
Dwelling upon the aspects of interstate relations enhanced on the bi- and multi-lateral basis – within the major international organisations and structures, the Turkmen leader and the Georgian foreign minister underlined the mutual readiness and devotion to step up long-term cooperation as provided by the existing potential and national development priorities. The sides were unanimous that fruitful contacts established in various spheres in recent years laid a firm foundation for effective collaboration.
Grigol Vashadze emphasized that Georgia attached considerable significance to enhancing long-term cooperation with dynamically developing Turkmenistan that continued dynamically developing during the period of global economic slowdown. The fuel and energy and trade and economic sectors were identified as the priority fields of bilateral partnership in which cooperation was deemed to be promising.
Thanking the leader of the Turkmen state for the opportunity to discuss important aspects of cooperation during a personal meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expressed admiration of the achievements of modern Turkmenistan and the ambitious reforms taking place in the country and took this opportunity to wish every success in implementing new outstanding initiatives that the Turkmen leader put forward for the benefit and happiness of the nation.
In conclusion President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze expressed firm belief that the fruitful interstate dialogue would successfully develop further.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Turkmenistan I. Chahvashvili attended the meeting
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In the afternoon the delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigor Vashadze was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan where substantive discussions of the opportunities and prospects for intensifying fruitful Turkmen-Georgian cooperation in key fields of mutual interest took place.
Underlining the willingness to intensify and fill the interstate dialogue with a new content, the sides expressed the readiness to enhance traditional contacts and step up equal mutual beneficial partnership in the interests of the two nations.
Thanking for extending the warm welcome in Turkmenistan, the distinguished guest conveyed the hearty greetings of President of Georgia Mihail Saakashvili who had expressed the cordial wishes of happiness, peace and prosperity in the new year to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and citizens of Turkmenistan.
Expressing the best wishes to the leadership and people of the friendly country, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov focused on progressive development of Turkmen-Georgian relations that had been intensified in recent years. The Turkmen leader emphasized that the time had come to bring bilateral relations to a new level as provided by the rapid advance of Turkmenistan and Georgia that had the tremendous economic potential and profound experience of independent development.
In a businesslike and constructive atmosphere the President of Turkmenistan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia exchanged views on the whole spectrum of interstate cooperation. Grigol Vashadze emphasized that Georgia as well as the international community highly evaluated and supported the peace-loving policy pursued by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the important international initiatives he put forward to address urgent problems facing mankind today and strengthening global peace and security.
Dwelling upon the aspects of interstate relations enhanced on the bi- and multi-lateral basis – within the major international organisations and structures, the Turkmen leader and the Georgian foreign minister underlined the mutual readiness and devotion to step up long-term cooperation as provided by the existing potential and national development priorities. The sides were unanimous that fruitful contacts established in various spheres in recent years laid a firm foundation for effective collaboration.
Grigol Vashadze emphasized that Georgia attached considerable significance to enhancing long-term cooperation with dynamically developing Turkmenistan that continued dynamically developing during the period of global economic slowdown. The fuel and energy and trade and economic sectors were identified as the priority fields of bilateral partnership in which cooperation was deemed to be promising.
Thanking the leader of the Turkmen state for the opportunity to discuss important aspects of cooperation during a personal meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expressed admiration of the achievements of modern Turkmenistan and the ambitious reforms taking place in the country and took this opportunity to wish every success in implementing new outstanding initiatives that the Turkmen leader put forward for the benefit and happiness of the nation.
In conclusion President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze expressed firm belief that the fruitful interstate dialogue would successfully develop further.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Turkmenistan I. Chahvashvili attended the meeting
In the afternoon the delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigor Vashadze was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan where substantive discussions of the opportunities and prospects for intensifying fruitful Turkmen-Georgian cooperation in key fields of mutual interest took place.
Underlining the willingness to intensify and fill the interstate dialogue with a new content, the sides expressed the readiness to enhance traditional contacts and step up equal mutual beneficial partnership in the interests of the two nations.