Today Mejlis held a meeting with the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, Ms. Teri Hakala, and the Special Representative of the European Union for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore.
The interlocutors expressed their interest in intensifying the inter-parliamentary dialogue, which serves as an important tool for promoting constructive partnership, maintaining the bonds of friendship and mutual understanding between countries and peoples.
As noted, one of the priority areas of the foreign policy strategy of Turkmenistan, successfully implemented under the leadership of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, is the expansion of cooperation with the European Union.
It was emphasized that over the years, cooperation with the EU has been effectively developing within the framework of existing specialized projects and programs aimed at solving the priority tasks of further economic and social development of Turkmenistan, in particular, the European Union-Turkmenistan Joint Committee, the Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue, the Dialogue on Human Rights person, consultative meetings between foreign ministries and on specific issues of partnership.
In this context, noting the importance of work on the legislative support of the agreements reached recently between Turkmenistan and the EU, the interlocutors spoke in favor of expanding the exchange of experience in the field of legislation, holding regular inter-parliamentary consultations to further develop productive ties, bringing them to a qualitatively new level.
Particular emphasis was placed on the fact that Turkmenistan, as a democratic, legal and secular state, comes up with initiatives aimed at solving urgent problems on the global agenda, including the establishment of high humanistic ideals and values. Having proclaimed the protection of interests and human rights as a key aspect of state policy and recognizing the priority of universally recognized norms of international law, our independent neutral country is steadily following its obligations to implement the relevant documents.
The subject of discussion was also the identification of promising areas of cooperation, including in the fields of energy, transport and trade. The parties stressed the expediency of establishing the exchange of technological and information resources.
The interlocutors also paid attention to the issues of digitalization, which is due to the progressive reforms being implemented in Turkmenistan at the initiative of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov aimed at modernizing all spheres of life of the state and society, and large-scale plans for the industrialization of the economy.
