On 2-3 July Turkmenistan’s delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Serdar Berdymukhammedov paid a working visit to Vienna, Austria.
Within the framework of this visit, the delegation of Turkmenistan held meetings with the UN Deputy Secretary General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Yuri Fedotov, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Lassina Zerbo, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger and with Deputy to Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Mr. Hiroshi Kuniyoshi.
The sides discussed the issues pertaining to technical cooperation, energy, combating illicit drug trafficking, crime and terrorism. Moreover, there was an exchange of views on ways of cooperation in the development of the private sector and agriculture.
In the course of the visit, a meeting with Secretary General of the Federal Ministry for European Affairs, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Johannes Peterlick was also held, where the present state and prospects for bilateral relations in the political, trade, economic and cultural and humanitarian areas were on the agenda, Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry reports.
Serdar Berdymukhammedov, who won the Parliamentary elections on 25 March 2018, was appointed Turkmenistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister on 30 March, 2018.
On 6 April Turkmenistan’s delegation led by Serdar Berdymukhammedov took part in the session of the Council of the CIS Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Minsk.