ArmInfo. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Armenia Muhammetgeldy Ayazov at the request of the latter.
According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, the sides discussed issues related to holding a meeting of the Armenian- Turkmen intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in 2019, holding inter-MFA consultations on various issues and organizing Armenian culture days in Turkmenistan, etc.It should be noted that according to the RA Statistical Committee, in 2018, the trade turnover between Armenia and Turkmenistan increased by 88% to $ 30.5 million.
At the same time, exports amounted to only $ 3.1 million, with an annual decline of 48.8%, while imports grew 2.7 times to $ 27.4 million