Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan meets with the OSCE Secretary General

Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Dunyagozeli Gulmanova met with Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Helga Schmid. This is reported by the Orient online edition.

Helga Schmid informed that ensuring gender equality, protection of women's rights and empowerment of women are among the priority areas of the OSCE's activities. In this context, the Head of the Organization expressed readiness to share experience in improving Turkmenistan's legislative framework in this area.

In continuation of the meeting, the OSCE Head said that she had arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in a high-level conference on environmental issues. Helga Schmid expressed confidence that the meeting would help to find new modern solutions to important environmental problems.