A meeting of the Turkmen-Croatian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Zagreb

On June 11, 2018, the third meeting of the Turkmen-Croatian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation had been held in Zagreb.

The commission was attended by the heads and representatives of the leading ministries and industry departments, as well as representatives of business circles of the two states.

The agenda of the forum included a wide range of issues touching various areas of bilateral cooperation. The parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached after the second meeting of the Commission, held on 4-5 February 2015 in Ashgabat.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the deeper development and strengthening of bilateral relations in the trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres. An agreement was reached on the development of trade-economic relations, both within the framework of state structures and through the private sector. A separate topic of discussion was the strengthening and development of bilateral relations in the sphere of tourism.

Also, the parties reached an agreement on holding Days of Culture of the Republic of Croatia in Turkmenistan in the autumn this year. In addition, the sides noted the need to intensify cooperation between the Ministries of Education and higher educational institutions of the two countries.

As a result of the meeting, the parties signed the Protocol of the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation.