The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, co-chairman of the Turkmen-Japanese Committee for Economic Cooperation Rashid Meredov held an online meeting with the co-chairman of the Japan-Turkmen Committee for Economic Cooperation Hiroyuki Tsubai, the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reports.

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the main issues of current cooperation and prospects for the development of Turkmen-Japanese relations.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan emphasized the stability and long-term economic partnership between the countries, noting that the Turkmen-Japanese Committee for Economic Cooperation has an important role in expanding cooperation in the trade and economic sphere.

Progress in the implementation of agreements reached at the previous meeting of the Turkmen-Japanese Economic Cooperation Committee last December in Tokyo was also discussed.

Both sides emphasized the importance of updating the Roadmap to the Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of infrastructure, signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

In addition, during the negotiations, attention was focused on the further development of cooperation in the field of energy, gas chemistry, oil refining, transport and communications, as well as on environmental issues.