Growing relations between CA countries meet demands of time – Kazakh FM Nurtleu
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have defined new areas of cooperation, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu said following the talks with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports.
Talks were just held with my distinguished colleague in narrow and expanded formats in a spirit of traditional friendship, mutual support and trust. New areas of our cooperation were defined as well as fundamental tasks were reviewed. Growing relations between the Central Asian countries meet the demands of the time, said Nurtleu.
In this context, the head of the Kazakh foreign ministry noted the special role of the two countries’ partnership within the Consultative Councils of the Heads of the Central Asian States.
Jointly, the preparatory works for the 6th Summit of the Consultative Council to be held in August this year in Astana were discussed. In particular, we believe it is important to sign the Strategy for the development of regional cooperation ‘Central Asia 2040’. Moreover, we expect all sides will sign the Treaty on friendship, good-neighborliness and cooperation in Central Asia in this century, said Nurtleu.
It was noted that the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan partnership successfully develops within multilateral structures, with the countries sharing similar positions on many global issues.
Together with the colleague, an exchange of views on other regional and international trends took place as well as agreement was reached to continue our dialogue. In particular, attention was drawn to the importance of making the most out of the potential of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea. As part of its presidency of the Fund, Kazakhstan plans to actively work taking into account the interests of all the sides. We also commend the support of Turkmenistan in promoting the water energy cooperation mechanism and readiness for interaction, said Nurtleu.
