Friday, 26 November 2021 (YJC)_ Amir-Abdollahian and his Turkmen counterpart spoke by telephone on the eve of the ECO summit in Ashgabat.
On Thursday evening, our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdullahian, discussed the bilateral relations and the holding of the ECO Summit in Ashgabat next week with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Rashid Mardov.
Amir-Abdullahian conveyed the greetings of the President of our country to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and announced his readiness to assist in the successful holding of this summit.
Referring to the presence of Hojatoleslam Raeisi at the ECO Summit, the Iranian Foreign Minister described the event as an opportunity to discuss issues of interest and the high level of the two countries.
The Turkmen Foreign Minister also referred to the holding of the above economic conference with the presence of senior economic officials of ECO member countries, including chambers of commerce and economic activists, and economic meetings at the Turkmen Foreign Ministry and the meeting of foreign ministers on Saturday. The Islamic Republic of Iran in the mentioned meetings and the main meeting (leaders) appreciated and thanked and expressed hope that these meetings will be more fruitful in order to develop and expand relations and cooperation between the countries of the region.