Chinese, Turkmen officials meet to discuss Afghanistan

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Serdar Muhammetdurdiyev on Thursday met with Chinese special envoy for Afghanistan, Yue
Xiaoyong, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan announced.During the meeting, the sides discussed priority vectors of strategic interstate
cooperation built on a long-term, mutually beneficial basis, as well as exchanged views on the implementation of previously reached
agreements.It was noted that personal contacts between the leaders of the two countries play a key role in intensifying the interstate
dialogue, which give a strong impulse to further development and expansion of Turkmen-Chinese ties.It was emphasized that Turkmenistan
considers multilateral international platforms for maintaining stability in Afghanistan as an important factor in promoting sustainable
improvement of socio-economic state of the neighboring country
The sides exchanged views on the preparations to the 5th meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighboring States to be held in
Turkmenistan.The interlocutors reaffirmed that Turkmenistan and China will continue to provide all-round support for the economic
restoration of Afghanistan.