On Monday, Astana hosted the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Kazakh Commission on economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation.

The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan Batyr Atdayev and Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar.

During the meeting, issues of developing cooperation in the trade and economic sphere, in the field of transport, finance, agriculture and water management, construction, culture and tourism, education and science, as well as in the oil and gas sector were considered.

In his speech, R. Sklyar noted that the successful dynamics of the development of cooperation between the two countries is largely due to meetings at the highest and high levels, as well as mutual visits, which have already acquired a traditional character.
B. Atdayev, in turn, stressed that the Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the important trading partners of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, as evidenced by the figures on the dynamic growth of mutual trade over the first 4 months of this year.

As a result of the meeting, the Protocol was signed, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.