On March 28, 2024, in the MFA of Turkmenistan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with a delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who arrived on a working visit to Ashgabat.
A wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres were discussed at the meeting.
The parties noted the importance of summit and high-level meetings in expanding bilateral friendly relations.
During the negotiations, the importance of the activities of the Joint Turkmen-Iranian Comission for Economic Cooperation was emphasized. The agenda also included issues of developing cooperation in the fuel and energy sector and increasing transport and transit potential.
The diplomats paid attention to upcoming joint events and meetings scheduled for this year, in particular to the participation of the Iranian side in large-scale international events in Turkmenistan dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi.
At the end of the meeting, the parties confirmed their mutual commitment to the further course of strengthening the Turkmen-Iranian partnership, based on the age-old principles of friendship, good neighborliness and mutual respect.