ArmInfo.Armenian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Garnik Badalyan met with head of Turkmenistan Mejlis (Parliament-Ed.) Gulshat Mamedova on January 25, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports.
According to the source, Gulshat Mamedova noted the importance of developing bilateral relations and expressed the hope that the newly appointed Ambassador with her activity would give impetus to the development of Armenian-Turkmen friendly relations. In turn, Ambassador Badalyan noted that Armenia highly values ??its multifaceted relations with friendly Turkmenistan and attaches special importance to them. During the conversation, the Ambassador and the head of the Majlis of Turkmenistan discussed the strengthening and development of the Armenian-Turkmen inter-parliamentary relations, as well as the upcoming 9th meeting of the Armenian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission to be held in Ashgabat in the first half of 2019. On the issue of interstate relations, the parties stressed the importance of close cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries. It was mentioned that the speakers of Armenia visited Turkmenistan, and that the visit of the head of the Mejlis to Armenia, postponed due to the events of 2018, remains in force.