A meeting with the British delegation led by Baroness Emma Nicholson, member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament, arrived in Turkmenistan to attend the seventh meeting of the Turkmen-British Trade and Industry Council, the official website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said.
During the meeting, the parties paid attention to the close cooperation of the two countries in the framework of international organizations and at the regional level. Also, noting the importance of regular contacts between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries, the parties suggested holding the following political consultations in the second half of 2019 or in 2020 in Ashgabat.
Discussing the upcoming seventh meeting of the Turkmen-British Trade and Industry Council, which plans to consider specific issues to increase trade, the parties separately noted the high level of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom in the trade and economic sphere. It was proposed to hold an investment forum of Turkmenistan in the UK.
During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian field. In order to further popularize the historical heritage of Turkmenistan, it was proposed to hold archaeological exhibitions of Turkmenistan in major cities in the UK. At the end of the talks, the parties discussed the cooperation of the two countries in the field of environmental protection.
