Ukraine, Turkmenistan agree to hold Joint Intergovernmental Commission meeting

"The parties reached an agreement on holding important bilateral activities, including a meeting of the foreign ministers of the two countries and a regular meeting of the Ukraine-Turkmenistan Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Cultural-Humanitarian Cooperation after the quarantine," the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports upon the teleconference negotiations between deputy foreign ministers Vasyl Bodnar and Berdyniyaz Miatiyev.

It is noted that the Ukrainian side underscored the importance of combining efforts in present-day conditions to minimize the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economies of both countries and protect the rights and interests of citizens.

The promising areas of cooperation between the two countries within the framework of international organizations, in particular the UN, were also touched upon.

The parties agreed to intensify the cultural and humanitarian cooperation, to study the possibilities of intensification of educational and scientific and technical cooperation, training of diplomatic staff and conduct of online lectures during the quarantine.

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