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Turkmenistan, Austria mull co-op expansion

Turkmenistan Materials 7 September 2016 19:49 (UTC +04:00)
Turkmenistan and Austria held the eighth meeting of their intergovernmental joint commission in Vienna.
Turkmenistan, Austria mull co-op expansion

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sept. 7

By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:

Turkmenistan and Austria held the eighth meeting of their intergovernmental joint commission in Vienna, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a message Sept. 7.

According to the message, the Austrian side was headed by Deputy Minister for Foreign Economic Policy and European Integration from the Federal Ministry of Economy, Science and Research Bernadette Gierlinger.

The sides discussed the intensification of cooperation in such areas as trade, energy, ecology, processing industry, agriculture, construction, healthcare and pharmaceutics, the message said.

According to the message, a Turkmen-Austrian business forum, organized by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan, was also held as part of the meeting.

Over 100 businessmen of the two countries attended the forum.

Following the forum the sides concluded contracts for purchase and supply of raw materials and equipment for food production as well as rendering transport services, the Turkmen ministry’s message said.

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