President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Ashgabat leading a high-level delegation of his country.
Thanking the leader of Turkmenistan for the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest conveyed the heartfelt greetings of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who had the strong interest of the Russian side in promoting the fruitful dialogue with independent neutral Turkmenistan that was playing a key role in maintaining peace, stability and security in Central Asia.
Warmly greeting the guest, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his best wishes to the leadership of the friendly country and congratulated him on the recent opening of the building complex of the Embassy the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan, located in the south of the capital of Turkmenistan in the neighbourhood of magnificent white-marble buildings. The Turkmen leader noted with satisfaction that today Turkmenistan and Russia were bound not only by centuries-old traditions of friendship and good neighbourliness, but also by long-term strategic partnership based on equality, mutual trust and respect.
The two countries that pursue the peaceful foreign policy cooperate effectively in the international arena, taking an active part in addressing the pressing issues of our time.
Turkmenistan and Russia that neighbour with each other in the Caspian region stand as strategic partners in the efforts to find the most appropriate solutions to the Caspian Sea related problems as vividly illustrated by the 43rd session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the level of deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian states, taking place in Ashgabat these days. The two countries also have similar views on the need to solve the problems in the Central Asian region through political diplomatic means, in particular the situation in Afghanistan that Turkmenistan and Russia have been supporting in the economic recovery for all these years.
Touching upon the aspects of bilateral relations, the Turkmen leader and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia noted that the two friendly countries aimed to diversify mutually beneficial cooperation in a number of key areas and discussed in detail the progress in implementing the agreements, including those reached by the leaders of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation during their meeting at the Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Tehran in November last year.
It was noted that Turkmenistan and Russia, guided by common social and economic development objectives and priorities, had built the strong legal framework for bilateral relations that laid the reliable groundwork for effective cooperation. Noting that the developing areas of Turkmen-Russian partnership include the trade and economic sector, machine building, transport, communications, agriculture and many other areas, the Turkmen leader and his guest were unanimous that this tendency should be maintained.
Focusing with satisfaction on the constructive nature of strategic Turkmen-Russian interstate relationships, the Turkmen leader and his guest expressed belief that the interstate dialogue meeting the fundamental interests of the two friendly countries would develop further successfully. In this context, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov renewed the invitation to the Russian leadership to visit Turkmenistan.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan Aleksander Blokhin attended the meeting.
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On that day the Russian delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov had a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting concluded with the signing of the Programme of cooperation for 2016 between the foreign ministries of the two countries.
Thanking the leader of Turkmenistan for the opportunity of a personal meeting, the guest conveyed the heartfelt greetings of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who had the strong interest of the Russian side in promoting the fruitful dialogue with independent neutral Turkmenistan that was playing a key role in maintaining peace, stability and security in Central Asia.
Warmly greeting the guest, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed his best wishes to the leadership of the friendly country and congratulated him on the recent opening of the building complex of the Embassy the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan, located in the south of the capital of Turkmenistan in the neighbourhood of magnificent white-marble buildings. The Turkmen leader noted with satisfaction that today Turkmenistan and Russia were bound not only by centuries-old traditions of friendship and good neighbourliness, but also by long-term strategic partnership based on equality, mutual trust and respect.
The two countries that pursue the peaceful foreign policy cooperate effectively in the international arena, taking an active part in addressing the pressing issues of our time.
Turkmenistan and Russia that neighbour with each other in the Caspian region stand as strategic partners in the efforts to find the most appropriate solutions to the Caspian Sea related problems as vividly illustrated by the 43rd session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the level of deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian states, taking place in Ashgabat these days. The two countries also have similar views on the need to solve the problems in the Central Asian region through political diplomatic means, in particular the situation in Afghanistan that Turkmenistan and Russia have been supporting in the economic recovery for all these years.
Touching upon the aspects of bilateral relations, the Turkmen leader and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia noted that the two friendly countries aimed to diversify mutually beneficial cooperation in a number of key areas and discussed in detail the progress in implementing the agreements, including those reached by the leaders of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation during their meeting at the Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Tehran in November last year.
It was noted that Turkmenistan and Russia, guided by common social and economic development objectives and priorities, had built the strong legal framework for bilateral relations that laid the reliable groundwork for effective cooperation. Noting that the developing areas of Turkmen-Russian partnership include the trade and economic sector, machine building, transport, communications, agriculture and many other areas, the Turkmen leader and his guest were unanimous that this tendency should be maintained.
Focusing with satisfaction on the constructive nature of strategic Turkmen-Russian interstate relationships, the Turkmen leader and his guest expressed belief that the interstate dialogue meeting the fundamental interests of the two friendly countries would develop further successfully. In this context, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov renewed the invitation to the Russian leadership to visit Turkmenistan.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan Aleksander Blokhin attended the meeting.
On that day the Russian delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov had a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The meeting concluded with the signing of the Programme of cooperation for 2016 between the foreign ministries of the two countries.