The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is on a working visit to Uzbekistan to participate in the first Central Asia-European Union Summit, met with the President of the European Council António Costa on April 3, TDH reports.

Noting that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the development of cooperation with the European Union in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic, cultural-humanitarian and transport-communication areas, the President expressed confidence that the current Summit would contribute to building up multilateral partnership with the EU.

During the meeting, it was noted that in recent years, the interaction between Turkmenistan and the European Union in the political and diplomatic sphere has become active. A striking example of this is the partnership in the Central Asia-European Union format.

Noting the importance of the recent meeting of the heads of foreign affairs agencies of Central Asian countries and the European Union held in Ashgabat, Antonio Costa expressed confidence that such high-level events are designed to promote the development of a multifaceted and long-term partnership between the two regions. In this context, the importance for the region of further developing effective and mutually beneficial cooperation with the European Union, taking into account the potential of the Central Asian states, was emphasized.

Turkmenistan, together with the countries of the region and authoritative international organizations, is actively developing such promising transport corridors as North-South and East-West, the head of state emphasized, expressing confidence that they will serve as a reliable bridge for expanding cooperation with the states of the Eurasian continent and trade and economic ties.

At the initiative of our country, a special Resolution of the UN General Assembly declared 2025 the "International Year of Peace and Trust". On this occasion, a representative International Forum of Peace and Trust will be held in Ashgabat, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality, the President of the country noted, inviting the President of the European Council António Costa to take part in the forum. Having highly assessed the level of development of the dialogue between Turkmenistan and the European Union, the head of state confirmed our country's readiness to further strengthen fruitful relations.