Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Russia to Discuss Afghanistan and the Situation in Central Asia

The situation in Afghanistan and the general situation in the Central Asian region will be discussed today in Moscow by Russian and Turkmen Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Rashid Meredov. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The head of Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry will arrive in Russia to participate in a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation.
The parties will discuss in detail the issues of bilateral relations with an emphasis on trade and economic, cultural, humanitarian and educational spheres, as well as consider several regional and international problems.
In addition, the ministers will pay attention to the interaction of Moscow and Ashkhabad at various multilateral platforms, primarily in the CIS, the Caspian Five, the Russia-Central Asia format and the UN.