A meeting of the parliamentarians of Turkmenistan and Switzerland

On November 23, 2017, in Bern, Switzerland, was held a meeting of the delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan with the Head of International Relations of the Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation, Ambassador Claudio Fischer. During the meeting, were discussed the issues of further strengthening of the bilateral inter-parliamentary Turkmen-Swiss relations.

In particular, the Turkmen side proposed to establish the interparliamentary friendship group between the Mejlis of Turkmenistan and the Federal Assembly (Parliament) of the Swiss Confederation, main goal of which will be to intensify cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries.

In his turn, K. Fisсher congratulated the Turkmen side in connection with the accession of Turkmenistan to the Inter-Parliamentary Union during the 137th session of this international organization was held on October 15, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. At the same time, the Head of International Relations of the Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland supported above-mentioned initiative and assured the Turkmen side of the readiness to forge closer partnership of the parliamentarians of the two countries within the framework of relevant international organizations (the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and etc.).