On October 14, a meeting was held in Addis Ababa between the Ambassador of Turkmenistan, Mekan Ishangulyev, and the Deputy Chairman of the African Union Commission, Mohamed El-Amin Suef.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the development of Turkmenistan's cooperation with African states. Participants noted that interaction has reached a qualitatively new level, as evidenced by the participation of high-level delegations from African countries in the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, which took place in Avaza this August.
Ambassador Ishangulyev emphasized that the development of friendly and mutually beneficial relations with the states of the African continent is one of the key areas of Turkmenistan's foreign policy.
The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission praised the potential for cooperation in various fields, including energy, chemicals, agriculture and culture.
The African Union is an international intergovernmental organization uniting 55 African states with a population of over one billion people. The African Union Commission is its authorized body and is located in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
