Prospects for cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, investment, transport, communications and other areas were discussed on Tuesday at a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and the Ambassador of Qatar to Turkmenistan Hamad bin Rashid bin Hamad Al-Azbi.  This is reported by the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.

 The diplomats noted the importance of high-level visits and political consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries.  Attention was also paid to cooperation between the two states within the framework of international and regional organizations, issues of expanding the legal framework.

 In the line of strengthening trade and economic cooperation, great importance was given to the work of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Qatari joint commission on economic cooperation.  An exchange of views took place on promising areas of cooperation, including the fuel and energy industry, investments, transport and communications, the chemical and textile industries, agriculture and high technology.