On March 23, 2018, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting with the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary S.N.Lebedev, who arrived in the Turkmen capital at the head of the mission of CIS observers to participate in the assessment of the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on the preparations for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan on March 25, 2018, as well as on the organization of the work of international observers.
During the meeting, the sides also discussed the priority areas and prospects for constructive partnership within the CIS, special attention was paid to the implementation of initiatives of the President of Turkmenistan put forward at the meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the CIS held in Sochi in October 2017.
The parties also analyzed the work carried out by Turkmenistan as the CIS co-chair this year and discussed the issues of Turkmenistan's future chairmanship in the CIS. In this context, the weighty contribution of the Turkmen state to the development of fruitful cooperation in the Commonwealth space was underscored.
