On December 11, 2021, there held a meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov with the Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) Yerlan Baidaulet, who arrived to Ashgabat for participation in the International Conference “Peace and Trust Policy – Basis of International Security, Stability and Development”.
In the course of the talk the parties discussed important issues of interaction of Turkmenistan with the IOFS and prospects of the development of cooperation. In addition a number of programs and projects directed at the expansion of cooperation for providing the food security in the Islamic countries were considered.
The Turkmen side confirmed that attaches great importance to the food security and pays close attention to the issues connected with the need of increase the trade volumes in agriculture.
Additionally, the Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security had meetings with the heads of the relevant ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan.