Turkmenistan has expressed its readiness to participate in resolving the current situation in the Middle East by using the widest range of diplomatic means and methods, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

On Sunday, Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held a telephone conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. The conversation took place at the initiative of the American side.

During the conversation, the parties emphasized the many years of positive experience of bilateral partnership between Turkmenistan and the United States in the political, trade, economic, socio-cultural and other spheres.

The heads of the foreign policy departments of the two countries discussed international and regional issues of mutual interest. In particular, they exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East region and the resolution of a number of humanitarian issues in this regard.

It was particularly emphasized that Turkmenistan, as a state whose neutral status has been recognized three times by the international community represented by the UN, plays an active and constructive role in international affairs.

In this regard, the Turkmen side, strictly following the principles of peaceful settlement of any international problems, expressed its readiness to participate in resolving the current situation in the Middle East through the use of the widest range of diplomatic means and methods.