The first Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Central Asia countries and the Russian Federation, held on the initiative of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty chamber of Turkmen bicameral parliament Milli Gengesh, concluded on Thursday at the Congress Center in Ashgabat.
The final meeting of the Forum summed up the results of the work of the plenary sessions and adopted the "Ashgabat Declaration of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Central Asian countries and the Russian Federation", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan said in its press release on the results of the event.
An Agreement on Cooperation between the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia and an Agreement on Cooperation between the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan and the Majlisi Milli of the Majlisi Oli of Tajikistan were also signed during the Forum.
The Forum consisted of discussions in three topics – “Legislative body of state authority: modern experience and cooperation", "Medical diplomacy: exchange of experience – a reliable way forward", "Regional cooperation for environmental well-being and sustainable development".
