Armenian-Turkmen high-level talks held at Presidential Residence

On the margins of the official visit of the President of Turkmenistan to Armenia, negotiations were held in an expanded format with the participation of the delegations of the two countries.

President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a joint statement following the high-level talks.

Documents have also been signed aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation in a number of sectors between the Republic of Armenia and Turkmenistan. The following agreements were signed, in particular: agreement on cooperation between the Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia named after A.Nazarov and the Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan; agreement on cooperation between the Yerevan State University and the Turkmen State University after Makhtumkuli; agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Turkmenistan on cooperation in the field of tourism; cooperation agreement between the National Agrarian University of Armenia and the Turkmen Agricultural University after S. Niyazov; agreement on financial cooperation between the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Finance of Turkmenistan on exchange of intelligence data in the field of money laundering and terrorism financing; a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Sports Affairs; the 2018-2020 program of cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Turkmenistan in the field of culture and arts; a memorandum on cooperation between the Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; the 2018-2019 program of cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov summed up the results of their meeting in statements issued for media outlets. Later today an official reception was organized on behalf of RA President Serzh Sargsyan in honor of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan.