Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov on Saturday met with the Deputy Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia Vladimir Rahmanin, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the international conference "Partnership in the field of food security in conditions of climate change”.

During the discussion of issues of food and environmental security, rational environmental management, as well as joint work in the field of digital land cadastre, R. Meredov stressed that Turkmenistan highly appreciates the activities of FAO. The country intends to further develop cooperation in this direction, primarily with the Subregional Office for Central Asia.

The minister noted that holding a regional conference in Ashgabat jointly with FAO on food security and climate change is a big step in the field of adaptation of agriculture to the negative impact of climate change.

V. Rahmanin, for his part, noting the high organization of the international forum, emphasized the great contribution of Turkmenistan to the solution of issues related to ensuring food security, as well as the full support of both country and regional projects implemented by FAO.

Within the framework of the forum, the participants put forward a number of specific proposals for consolidating efforts in the field of food security, V. Rahmanin noted, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.