President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on Monday at a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu discussed topical issues of interstate cooperation, TDH reports.

At the meeting, the guest confirmed the interest of the United States in strengthening interstate relations with Turkmenistan, built on the principles of constructiveness and equal and mutually beneficial partnership.

During the conversation, it was noted that Turkmenistan and the United States intend to continue multi-vector cooperation both in bilateral and multilateral formats, within the framework of authoritative international organizations, and primarily the UN.

The parties also discussed the possibilities of building up trade and economic ties, highlighting in this context the role of the Turkmen-American Business Council, which is directly involved in holding joint business forums, exhibitions, meetings and other specialized events. All this contributes to the deepening of mutually beneficial ties in key sectors of the economy, stimulation of investment activity, productive contacts between government agencies and business circles of both countries.

Source: Nebit-Gaz