The Government of the Republic of Armenia

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan Sapardurdy Toylyev, which is participating in the session of the Armenian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission.
“The development of bilateral relations is of great importance to us. The both countries should make effort to strengthen the Armenian-Turkmen socio-economic, cultural and humanitarian relations. There is a lot of unused potential and we should realize it all”, said Tigran Sargsyan. The Prime Minister stated that the current level of Armenian-Turkmen economic relations does not correspond to high-level bilateral political relations.
In this regard, the parties stressed the importance of activities of the Armenian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission. In addition, an Armenian-Turkmen business forum is planned to be held in Yerevan in the near future, which will contribute to the establishment of new bilateral relations and the development of the cooperation between the two countries.
Sapardurdy Toylyev conveyed the warm greeting of the President of Turkmenistan to Tigran Sargsyan and said that his country attaches great importance to the further development of the relations with Armenia.
The parties also discussed issues related to the establishment of a direct flight between the two countries, as well as implementation of joint projects in the fields of agriculture, health and tourism.