On the 14th of April 2020, a working meeting was held in the premises of the MFA of Turkmenistan between the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other state ministries and departments of Turkmenistan on the issue of joining international documents of the United Nations, particularly the agreements and conventions in the field of sustainable transport. The international experts have also participated to the session through videoconferencing.
During the session, the participants discussed the subjects pertaining to cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN agencies in different areas. Special accent was made on the issues of joining a number of international agreements and conventions in the area of transport and cargo transportation which would contribute to further development of trade-economic ties between the countries of the region and the world in general.
The participants also emphasized the importance of the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework between the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations for 2021-2025 that was signed on the 14th of March of 2020 in Ashgabat.