BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Berdiniyaz Matiyev and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain for International Affairs, Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa held a videoconference on July 22, 2020, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
The sides discussed the possibility of expanding cooperation between the business circles of the two countries, including attracting investment, holding business forums, and developing partnership in the oil and gas industry.
The parties also discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian fields, as well as inter-parliamentary cooperation and opportunities for expanding it.
The importance of the Joint Intergovernmental Turkmen-Bahrain Commission for Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation was noted.
The parties also noted the positive experience of cooperation within international organizations, in particular within the UN, and touched upon implementation of the agreements reached earlier during the consultations of the foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Bahrain.
As it was reported earlier, the representatives of Turkmenistan and Bahrain held a meeting on July 7, 2020.
During last meeting, the parties focused on the cooperation in such areas as energy sector and chemical industry.
In this context, the ministers discussed the possibility of holding online meetings of representatives of various state and private structures of Turkmenistan and Bahrain.
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