On 19 March 2024, in Brussels the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Special attention was paid to strengthening ties between the EU and Central Asia. At the same time, the spheres of energy, transport, digitalization, education and climate were highlighted among the promising areas.
The importance of existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms, such as the EU-Turkmenistan Joint Committee, the Human Rights Dialogue and the inter-parliamentary dialogue, was emphasized.
In addition, a thorough exchange of views took place on aspects of regional security, where Meredov stressed the efforts and initiatives of the Government of Turkmenistan in this direction, based on the principles of its permanent neutrality status.
The parties also touched upon the organization of the next meeting of the heads of foreign policy departments of the EU-Central Asia format in Turkmenistan this year. ///MFA Turkmenistan