On April 26, 2024, in the building of the Romanian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador A.Annaev met with the newly appointed Secretary of State of the Romanian Foreign Ministry, Ms.Ana Tinca.
At the beginning of the meeting, the parties noted the positive experience of interaction between the two countries. In this context, the following priority areas were identified: political-diplomatic, fuel-energy, transport-communications, as well as cultural-humanitarian areas of cooperation.
Touching upon the topic of cooperation within international organizations, the Ambassador noted with satisfaction that Turkmenistan and Romania have good cooperation within international organizations.
In the context of trade and economic cooperation, the parties raised issues regarding joint intergovernmental commissions and groups. The need to intensify their activities was noted, as well as the need to expand trade and economic cooperation, increase trade turnover and mutual investments, and develop cooperation in the field of innovative technologies of the two countries.
Having focused on the importance of the project to create an international transport corridor Caspian Sea – Black Sea, the parties agreed that this project will become one of the most popular routes in the near future.
In this regard, the Romanian side reported that the Romanian government had decided to strongly promote this project and informed of its intention to organize a joint meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers of Transport of Romania, Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in September 2024 in Bucharest.