In the UN headquarters, it was held bilateral meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Latvia Raimonds Vejonis.
In the course of the talk, the heads of states have discussed the state and prospects of cooperation. Fuel-energy sector, industry and agriculture, trade-economic and transport-communication spheres were ranked among major ones. Besides the Turkmen-Latvian Intergovernmental Commission for economic cooperation, which third meeting is planned to be held in 2016 in Riga, it was created the Turkmen-Latvian working commission for cooperation in transport sphere in November 2014. Development prospects of bilateral mutually beneficial ties in this sphere are conditioned with geo-economic possibilities of two countries.
In this connection, the head of Turkmen state noted that the Turkmen-Latvian partnership could become one of significant factors in development of international transport and logistics infrastructure, formation of trade-transit corridors, in particular, in “North-South” direction. In particular, it was touched upon topic of creation of transport corridor, providing the cargo transportation between Europe and Asia with efficient use of possibilities of the ports of the Caspian, Black and Baltic Seas.
The President of Turkmenistan also underlined that Turkmenistan shows high interest in use of positive experience of Latvia in training of specialists on such directions as cultural-humanitarian and tourism sphere, information technologies and communication. Having touched upon topic of scientific-technical partnership, the head of state pointed out the expediency of establishment of close contacts between Academies of Sciences of two countries.
As the prospective direction of the Turkmen-Latvian interaction, the interlocutors emphasized the sports and tourism. Both countries attach particular significance to these spheres.
In the course of the talk, the heads of states have discussed the state and prospects of cooperation. Fuel-energy sector, industry and agriculture, trade-economic and transport-communication spheres were ranked among major ones. Besides the Turkmen-Latvian Intergovernmental Commission for economic cooperation, which third meeting is planned to be held in 2016 in Riga, it was created the Turkmen-Latvian working commission for cooperation in transport sphere in November 2014. Development prospects of bilateral mutually beneficial ties in this sphere are conditioned with geo-economic possibilities of two countries.
In this connection, the head of Turkmen state noted that the Turkmen-Latvian partnership could become one of significant factors in development of international transport and logistics infrastructure, formation of trade-transit corridors, in particular, in “North-South” direction. In particular, it was touched upon topic of creation of transport corridor, providing the cargo transportation between Europe and Asia with efficient use of possibilities of the ports of the Caspian, Black and Baltic Seas.
The President of Turkmenistan also underlined that Turkmenistan shows high interest in use of positive experience of Latvia in training of specialists on such directions as cultural-humanitarian and tourism sphere, information technologies and communication. Having touched upon topic of scientific-technical partnership, the head of state pointed out the expediency of establishment of close contacts between Academies of Sciences of two countries.
As the prospective direction of the Turkmen-Latvian interaction, the interlocutors emphasized the sports and tourism. Both countries attach particular significance to these spheres.