Iranian, Turkmen FMs hold extensive talks in Tehran

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov have met and exchanged views over bilateral relations, regional issues, including Afghanistan and international developments. The meeting happened at the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday morning.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov have met and exchanged views over bilateral relations, regional issues, including Afghanistan and international developments. The meeting happened at the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday morning.
In the meeting, Amir Abdollahian congratulated Meredov on the occasion of Turkmenistan’s 30th independence anniversary. He said the new government in Iran is determined to expand relations with neighboring countries, expressing satisfaction with the growing relations between Iran and Turkmenistan in recent months. Amir Abdollahian also noted the importance of developing cooperation between the two nations in political, economic, cultural and other fields.
The Iranian foreign minister emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the promotion of cooperation and relations with Turkmenistan to a strategic level.
The Turkmen foreign minister also described relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkmenistan as long-standing, good and very close.
"The president of Turkmenistan has always stressed the importance of developing bilateral relations between the two countries," he said. Meredov stressed that Turkmenistan attaches special importance to developing its relations with neighboring countries in designing its foreign policy and, in this regard, Iran has a special place and Turkmenistan is determined to upgrade its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to a strategic level. Amir Abdollahian and his Turkmen counterpart also reviewed the latest developments related to the Caspian Sea and transport cooperation between the two countries.
The top Iranian diplomat said the cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan and the two countries’ synergy in the fields of transportation and transit, including road, rail and sea, will guarantee the benefits of both nations.
Amir Abdollahian noted the importance of expanding the cooperation.
The two sides stressed that the Caspian Sea is the sea of friendship and it is non-military and belongs to all littoral states. They noted that the littoral states of the Caspian Sea should enjoy its economic benefits.
Turkmenistan’s foreign minister is in Tehran to hold political consultations with the Islamic Republic, attending the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and the 16th meeting of the Joint Economic Cooperation Commission. Meredov invited Iran’s foreign minister to visit Turkmenistan.